Anticross

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A case of anticrossing

    "These anticrosses arise from the mixing effect of heavy and light hole states."

Verb
  1. 1
    To fail to cross in a graph of energy vs. electric field strength; characteristic of coherent superposition states

    "When the mixing becomes resonant, the phonon sideband anticrosses with the excited exciton state."

Example

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"When the mixing becomes resonant, the phonon sideband anticrosses with the excited exciton state."

Etymology

From anti- + cross.

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