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Plasmon vs Polariton - What's the difference?

plasmon | polariton |

As nouns the difference between plasmon and polariton

is that plasmon is all the genetic material in an organism while polariton is any of a class of quasiparticles comprising elements of electromagnetic waves and excited states of matter.

plasmon

English

(wikipedia plasmon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (genetics) All the genetic material in an organism.
  • (physics, astronomy) The quantum of waves produced by the collective effects of large numbers of electrons when disturbed from equilibrium.

    • Derived terms

    * plasmonic * surface plasmon

    See also

    * phonon * photon * plasma * plasmonics ----

    polariton

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia polariton) (en noun)
  • (physics) Any of a class of quasiparticles comprising elements of electromagnetic waves and excited states of matter

    • Related terms

    * polaritonics / polaritronics

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