Illustration of a Surface Plasmon Polariton (IMAGE)

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Illustration of a Surface Plasmon Polariton

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The best pictorial representation of a surface plasmon polariton is in terms of a 'ripple' of electron density on the surface of graphene sample.

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Dmitri Basov/Columbia University

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