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Mongrel Particles Act like Bosons

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Daniel S. Burgess

Strange quasiparticles made of photons and electrons may lead to applications in quantum optoelectronics, including high-efficiency microlasers, optical amplifiers and switches. The particles, called polaritons, display properties of bosons such as the propensity to clump into a single quantum state and stimulated scattering, which could allow them to be the basis of a bosonic laser. "Polaritons are an intimate mixture of light and matter," explained Jeremy J. Baumberg, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Southampton. The particles are formed by confining the...Read full article

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