English Explanatory Dictionary

polariton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of a class of quasiparticles comprising elements of electromagnetic waves and excited states of matter.

Word forms

polariton polaritons

Etymology

From polari(za)t(ion) + -on. By surface analysis, from polarit(y) + -on.

Related words

polaritonics polaritronics

Derived words

dipolariton magnetopolariton nanopolariton polaritonic

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