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Magnetism and spin

Magnetism and spin

Half-light, half-matter quasiparticle appears in a van der Waals magnet

14 Nov 2022 Isabelle Dumé
Illustration showing a crystalline array of particles located in between the two mirrors of an optical cavity
Realization of half-light half-matter magnetic quasiparticles in an optical cavity embedded with a van der Waals magnet. (Courtesy: Rezlind Bushati)
A new quasiparticle that is part matter, part light has emerged in experiments by researchers at the

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