Engineers create helical topological exciton-polaritons, a new type of quasiparticle

The understanding of quantum physics has involved the creation of a wide range of quasiparticles. These notional constructs describe emergent phenomena that appear to have the properties of multiple other particles mixed together.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-10-helical-topological-exciton-polaritons-quasiparticle.html