Tunable self-assembled Casimir microcavities and polaritons

B Munkhbat, A Canales, B Küçüköz, DG Baranov… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Spontaneous formation of ordered structures—self-assembly—is ubiquitous in nature and
observed on different length scales, ranging from atomic and molecular systems to …

Polariton relaxation under vibrational strong coupling: Comparing cavity molecular dynamics simulations against Fermi's golden rule rate

TE Li, A Nitzan, JE Subotnik - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Under vibrational strong coupling (VSC), the formation of molecular polaritons may
significantly modify the photo-induced or thermal properties of molecules. In an effort to …

Multimode vibrational strong coupling of methyl salicylate to a Fabry–Pérot microcavity

WM Takele, F Wackenhut, L Piatkowski… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The strong coupling of an IR-active molecular transition with an optical mode of the cavity
results in vibrational polaritons, which opens a new way to control chemical reactivity via …

Double exceptional points in grating coupled metal-insulator-metal heterostructure

J Mai, Y Chen, G Li, KW Cheah - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In this work we theoretically study the exceptional points and reflection spectra
characteristics of a grating coupled metal-insulator-metal heterostructure, which is a non …

Hyperspectral Imaging of Exciton Polaritons in Optical Microcavities

N Polat, O Yakar, SK Özdemir, S Balci - ACS Photonics, 2024 - ACS Publications
Photons can be confined in optical microcavities both spectrally and spatially, which allows
us to study the light–matter interaction in both weak and strong coupling regimes. While the …

Strong coupling between an optical microcavity and photosystems in single living cyanobacteria

T Rammler, F Wackenhut… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The first step in photosynthesis is an extremely efficient energy transfer mechanism that led
to the debate to which extent quantum coherence may be involved in the energy transfer …

Combining Optical Strong Mode Coupling with Polaritonic Coupling in a λ/2 Fabry–Pérot Microresonator

S Nosrati, T Rammler, AJ Meixner… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Strong coupling has attracted much research interest motivated by the possibility to tune the
energy levels of molecules enabling to control and modify chemical reactions. Strong …

The squeezable nanojunction as a tunable light-matter interface for studying photoluminescence of 2D materials

MA Popp, M Kohring, AD Fuchs, S Korn… - 2D …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We study photoluminescence (PL) of MoS 2 monolayers in optical cavities that can be tuned
in operando. Technically, we use the recently developed squeezable nanojunction (SNJ). It …

Quantum electrodynamical metamaterials

JJ Yu, J Sloan, N Rivera, M Soljačić - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
Recent experiments have revealed ultrastrong coupling between light and matter as a
promising avenue for modifying material properties, such as electrical transport, chemical …

Strong coupling of organic semiconductors in a tuneable Fabry-Pérot microresonator

C Kertzscher, M Mauch, J Keck… - 2024 24th …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We will review recent results concerning strong coupling in the context of optics, including all-
optical coupling of two adjacent optical resonators, strong light-matter coupling between an …