Towards a History of Concepts of Light-Matter Coupling

V. V. Rumyantsev; K. V. Gumennyk

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Towards a History of Concepts of Light-Matter Coupling

V. V. Rumyantsev, K. V. Gumennyk

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Received: 15 June 2015 Accepted: 26 June 2015 Published: 1 July 2015

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The article gives a succinct historical review of the evolution of physical concepts in photonics and light-matter coupling during the 20th century with special emphasis on noteworthy contributions made by a prominent Ukrainian theoretician Kirill Tolpygo, whose centenary will be celebrated next year. We dwell in detail on the history of elaboration of such key notions as various types of excitons, polaritons, spatial dispertion in crystals and others. Their correct understanding provides an indispensable basis for further progress in crystal optics.

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Photonics, Light-Mater Coupling, Crystal Lattice, Exciton, Polariton, Spatial Dispersion, K. B. Tolpygo

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V. V. Rumyantsev

Dept. of dynamical properties of complex systems, Galkin Institute for Physics & Engineering, Donetsk, Ukraine
K. V. Gumennyk

Dept. of electronic properties of metals, Galkin Institute for Physics & Engineering, Donetsk, Ukraine

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