Mid-Infrared Intersubband Cavity Polaritons in Flexible Single Quantum Well

Paul, Puspita; Addamane, Sadhvikas Jayachandra; Liu, Peter Qiang

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00251

Mid-Infrared Intersubband Cavity Polaritons in Flexible Single Quantum Well

Journal Article · Fri Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00251· OSTI ID:2311689

Paul, Puspita ^[1]; Addamane, Sadhvikas Jayachandra ^[2]; ^[1]

University at Buffalo, NY (United States)
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies

Strong and ultrastrong coupling between intersubband transitions in quantum wells and cavity photons have been realized in mid-infrared and terahertz spectral regions. However, most previous works employed a large number of quantum wells on rigid substrates to achieve coupling strengths reaching the strong or ultrastrong coupling regime. In this work, we experimentally demonstrate ultrastrong coupling between the intersubband transition in a single quantum well and the resonant mode of photonic nanocavity at room temperature. We also observe strong coupling between the nanocavity resonance and the second-order intersubband transition in a single quantum well. Furthermore, we implement for the first time such intersubband cavity polariton systems on soft and flexible substrates and demonstrate that bending of the single quantum well does not significantly affect the characteristics of the cavity polaritons. Here this work paves the way to broaden the range of potential applications of intersubband cavity polaritons including soft and wearable photonics.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 2311689

Report Number(s):: SAND--2023-02083J

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Journal Name: Nano Letters Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 23; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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