Control, modulation, and analytical descriptions of vibrational strong coupling

BS Simpkins, AD Dunkelberger, I Vurgaftman - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Here, we review the design of optical cavities, transient and modulated responses, and
theoretical models relevant to vibrational strong coupling (VSC). While planar Fabry–Perot …

Vibration-cavity polariton chemistry and dynamics

AD Dunkelberger, BS Simpkins… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Molecular polaritons result from light-matter coupling between optical resonances and
molecular electronic or vibrational transitions. When the coupling is strong enough, new …

Surface-enhanced infrared spectroscopy using resonant nanoantennas

F Neubrech, C Huck, K Weber, A Pucci… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Infrared spectroscopy is a powerful tool widely used in research and industry for a label-free
and unambiguous identification of molecular species. Inconveniently, its application to …

Ultrastrong coupling of the cyclotron transition of a 2D electron gas to a THz metamaterial

G Scalari, C Maissen, D Turčinková, D Hagenmüller… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Artificial cavity photon resonators with ultrastrong light-matter interactions are attracting
interest both in semiconductor and superconducting systems because of the possibility of …

Recent progress in active optical metasurfaces

L Kang, RP Jenkins, DH Werner - Advanced Optical Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Evolving from metamaterials, optical metasurfaces not only inherit their unprecedented
flexibility in tailoring light–matter interaction but also the generally fixed response …

Role of epsilon-near-zero substrates in the optical response of plasmonic antennas

J Kim, A Dutta, GV Naik, AJ Giles, FJ Bezares, CT Ellis… - Optica, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Radiation patterns and the resonance wavelength of a plasmonic antenna are significantly
influenced by its local environment, particularly its substrate. Here, we experimentally …

Modified relaxation dynamics and coherent energy exchange in coupled vibration-cavity polaritons

AD Dunkelberger, BT Spann, KP Fears… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Coupling vibrational transitions to resonant optical modes creates vibrational polaritons
shifted from the uncoupled molecular resonances and provides a convenient way to modify …

Ultrastrong plasmon–phonon coupling via epsilon-near-zero nanocavities

D Yoo, F de León-Pérez, M Pelton, IH Lee, DA Mohr… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Vibrational ultrastrong coupling, where the light–matter coupling strength is comparable to
the vibrational frequency of molecules, presents new opportunities to probe the interactions …

Enhanced third harmonic generation from the epsilon-near-zero modes of ultrathin films

TS Luk, D De Ceglia, S Liu, GA Keeler… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We experimentally demonstrate efficient third harmonic generation from an indium tin oxide
nanofilm (λ/42 thick) on a glass substrate for a pump wavelength of 1.4 μm. A conversion …

Strong coupling of collective intermolecular vibrations in organic materials at terahertz frequencies

R Damari, O Weinberg, D Krotkov, N Demina… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Several years ago, strong coupling between electronic molecular transitions and photonic
structures was shown to modify the electronic landscape of the molecules and affect their …