Tip‐Enhanced Imaging and Control of Infrared Strong Light‐Matter Interaction

Wang, Yueying; Johnson, Samuel C.; Nookala, Nishant; Klem, John F.; Turner, Samuel R.; Puro, Richard L.; Hu, Min; Brener, Igal; Muller, Eric A.; Belyanin, Alexey; Belkin, Mikhail A.; Raschke, Markus B.

doi:10.1002/lpor.202301148

Tip‐Enhanced Imaging and Control of Infrared Strong Light‐Matter Interaction

Journal Article · Wed Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Laser & Photonics Reviews

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202301148· OSTI ID:2588019

Wang, Yueying ^[1]; Johnson, Samuel C. ^[2]; Nookala, Nishant ^[3]; Klem, John F. ^[4]; Turner, Samuel R. ^[5]; Puro, Richard L. ^[2]; Hu, Min ^[6]; Brener, Igal ^[4]; ^[7]; ^[8]; Belkin, Mikhail A. ^[9]; ^[2]

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu (China)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu (China)
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY (United States)
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
Technische Univ. München, Garching (Germany)

Optical antenna resonators enable control of light‐matter interactions on the nano‐scale via electron–photon hybrid states in strong coupling. Specifically, mid‐infrared (MIR) nano‐antennas coupled to saturable intersubband transitions in multi‐quantum‐well (MQW) semiconductor heterostructures allow for the coupling strength to be tuned through antenna resonance and field intensity. Here, in this study, tip‐enhanced nano‐scale variation of antenna‐MQW coupling across the antenna is demonstrated, with a spatially‐dependent coupling strength $$g_{\textrm{aq}}$$ varying from 73 (strong coupling) to 24 cm^-1 (weak coupling). This behavior is modeled based on the spatially dependent local constructive and destructive interference between tip and antenna fields. Using a quantum‐mechanical density‐matrix model of the MQW system with its designed values of transition dipole moment, doping density, and population decay time, the picosecond IR pulse coupling to intersubband transitions and the associated tip induced strong‐field saturation effects are described. These results present a new regime of nonlinear IR light‐matter control based on the dynamic manipulation of quantum hybrid states on the nanoscale and in the infrared, with a perspective regarding extension to molecular vibrations.

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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), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Office of Workforce Development for Teachers & Scientists (WDTS); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 2588019

Journal Information:: Laser & Photonics Reviews, Journal Name: Laser & Photonics Reviews Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 18; ISSN 1863-8880; ISSN 1863-8899

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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