anticross

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Definition of anticross

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

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.”

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verb

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.”

noun

A case of anticrossing

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

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From anti- + cross.

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