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  • noun Plural form of polariton.

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  • The 19 K BEC was composed of half-matter, half-light quasi-particles called polaritons, and the room temperature condensate was composed of 'magnons' (packets of magnetic energy).

    freshnews.org - most clicked links 2009

  • The 19 K BEC was composed of half-matter, half-light quasi-particles called polaritons, and the room temperature condensate was composed of 'magnons' (packets of magnetic energy).

    freshnews.org - most clicked links 2009

  • The 19 K BEC was composed of half-matter, half-light quasi-particles called polaritons, and the room temperature condensate was composed of 'magnons' (packets of magnetic energy).

    doggdot.us 2009

  • New experimental research shows that half-matter, half-light quasi-particles called polaritons show compelling evidence of Bose-Einstein condensation at the relatively high temperature of 19 degrees Kelvin.

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  • In the material, the procedure produced quasiparticles called exciton polaritons, which form when photons of light and electrons collide.

    Quantum Study Yields Unusual Results | Impact Lab 2006

  • The cool thing is that, if you illuminate the back of the glass plate with red, green, and blue lasers at the right angles, you end up with red, green, and blue surface plasmon polaritons traveling through the metal.

    Ars Technica Chris Lee 2011

  • What better way to localize light than the combination of surface plasmon polaritons and near field optical techniques see side bar?

    Ars Technica Chris Lee 2011

  • First, a short primer on surface plasmon polaritons, entities that are part light and part electric charge.

    Ars Technica Chris Lee 2011

  • Schematic on the left shows the scattering of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) on a metal-dielectric interface with a single protrusion.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • In this schematic of a plasmonic Luneburg lens, a dielectric cone is placed on a metal to focus surface plasmon polaritons.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

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