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Massive surface-plasmon polaritons
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- It is well-known that a quantum of light (photon) has a zero mass in vacuum. Entering into a medium the photon creates a quasiparticle (polariton, plasmon, surface-phonon, surface-plasmon polariton, etc.) whose rest mass is generally not zero. In this letter, devoted to the memory of Mark Stockman, we evaluate the rest mass of light-induced surface-plasmon polaritons (SPPs) and discuss an idea that collisions of two massive SPP quasiparticles can result in changes of their frequencies according to the energy and momentum conservation laws. © 2021 Nikolai B. Chichkov et al., published by De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston.
Details
- Database :
- OAIster
- Notes :
- Chichkov, Nikolai B., Evlyukhin, Andrey B., Chichkov, Boris N.
- Publication Type :
- Electronic Resource
- Accession number :
- edsoai.on1372069282
- Document Type :
- Electronic Resource