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Hybrid architectures for terahertz molecular polaritonics

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  • Ahmed Jaber

    (University of Ottawa
    Max Planck Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics)

  • Michael Reitz

    (Max Planck Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics
    Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

  • Avinash Singh

    (University of Ottawa
    Max Planck Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics)

  • Ali Maleki

    (University of Ottawa
    Max Planck Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics)

  • Yongbao Xin

    (Iridian Spectral Technologies Ltd.)

  • Brian T. Sullivan

    (Iridian Spectral Technologies Ltd.)

  • Ksenia Dolgaleva

    (University of Ottawa
    Max Planck Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics
    University of Ottawa)

  • Robert W. Boyd

    (University of Ottawa
    Max Planck Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics
    University of Ottawa
    University of Rochester)

  • Claudiu Genes

    (Max Planck Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics
    Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

  • Jean-Michel Ménard

    (University of Ottawa
    Max Planck Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics
    University of Ottawa)

Abstract

Atoms and their different arrangements into molecules are nature’s building blocks. In a regime of strong coupling, matter hybridizes with light to modify physical and chemical properties, hence creating new building blocks that can be used for avant-garde technologies. However, this regime relies on the strong confinement of the optical field, which is technically challenging to achieve, especially at terahertz frequencies in the far-infrared region. Here we demonstrate several schemes of electromagnetic field confinement aimed at facilitating the collective coupling of a localized terahertz photonic mode to molecular vibrations. We observe an enhanced vacuum Rabi splitting of 200 GHz from a hybrid cavity architecture consisting of a plasmonic metasurface, coupled to glucose, and interfaced with a planar mirror. This enhanced light-matter interaction is found to emerge from the modified intracavity field of the cavity, leading to an enhanced zero-point electric field amplitude. Our study provides key insight into the design of polaritonic platforms with organic molecules to harvest the unique properties of hybrid light-matter states.

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  • Ahmed Jaber & Michael Reitz & Avinash Singh & Ali Maleki & Yongbao Xin & Brian T. Sullivan & Ksenia Dolgaleva & Robert W. Boyd & Claudiu Genes & Jean-Michel Ménard, 2024. "Hybrid architectures for terahertz molecular polaritonics," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-8, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-48764-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48764-6
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