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“The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics” in evading polaritonic losses

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Polaritonic losses, a root impediment to the many bounties of nanophotonics, may be evaded by resorting to the mathematics of synthetic frequencies offering ‘virtual’ gain.

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Fig. 1: Polaritons, synthetic frequencies and their benefits.

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D.N.B. is supported by Department of Energy DE-SC0018426.

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    Dmitri N. Basov

  2. Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Michael M. Fogler

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Basov, D.N., Fogler, M.M. “The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics” in evading polaritonic losses. Nat. Mater. 23, 445–446 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-024-01843-x

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