Optical Strong Coupling between near-Infrared Metamaterials and Intersubband Transitions in III-Nitride Heterostructures

Benz, Alexander; Campione, Salvatore; Moseley, Michael W.; Wierer, Jonathan J.; Allerman, Andrew A.; Wendt, Joel R.; Brener, Igal

doi:10.1021/ph500192v

Optical Strong Coupling between near-Infrared Metamaterials and Intersubband Transitions in III-Nitride Heterostructures

Journal Article · Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · ACS Photonics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ph500192v· OSTI ID:1145723

Benz, Alexander ^[1]; Campione, Salvatore ^[1]; Moseley, Michael W. ^[1]; Wierer, Jonathan J. ^[1]; Allerman, Andrew A. ^[1]; Wendt, Joel R. ^[1]; Brener, Igal ^[1]

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

We present the design, realization, and characterization of optical strong light–matter coupling between intersubband transitions within a semiconductor heterostructures and planar metamaterials in the near-infrared spectral range. The strong light–matter coupling entity consists of a III-nitride intersubband superlattice heterostructure, providing a two-level system with a transition energy of ~0.8 eV (λ ~1.55 μm) and a planar “dogbone” metamaterial structure. Furthermore, as the bare metamaterial resonance frequency is varied across the intersubband resonance, a clear anticrossing behavior is observed in the frequency domain. We found that this strongly coupled entity could enable the realization of electrically tunable optical filters, a new class of efficient nonlinear optical materials, or intersubband-based light-emitting diodes.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1145723

Report Number(s):: SAND--2014-4056J; 518014

Journal Information:: ACS Photonics, Journal Name: ACS Photonics Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 1; ISSN 2330-4022

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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