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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.
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Lizenzbestimmungen: | CC BY 4.0 Unported - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Publikationstyp: | Article |
Publikationsstatus: | publishedVersion |
Erstveröffentlichung: | 2021 |
Schlagwörter (englisch): | localized plasmons, quantum plasmonics, surface-plasmon polaritons, Electromagnetic wave polarization, Particle optics, Phonons, Photons, Surface plasmons, In-vacuum, Light-induced, Momentum conservation law, Polaritons, Quasiparticles, Rest mass, Surface phonon, Surface plasmon polaritons, Surface plasmon resonance |
Fachliche Zuordnung (DDC): | 530 | Physik |
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