Telling Patterns (IMAGE)

Brown University

Telling Patterns

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Measured intensity of guided polariton waves (a) yields a diffraction pattern similar to that seen in classic optical experiment from 200 years ago. Numerical simulation based on proposed analytical framework results in a nearly identical pattern (b).

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Rashid Zia

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