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Title: Plexciton Dirac points and topological modes

Abstract

Plexcitons are polaritonic modes that result from the strong coupling between excitons and plasmons. Here, we consider plexcitons emerging from the interaction of excitons in an organic molecular layer with surface plasmons in a metallic film. We predict the emergence of Dirac cones in the two-dimensional band-structure of plexcitons due to the inherent alignment of the excitonic transitions in the organic layer. An external magnetic field opens a gap between the Dirac cones if the plexciton system is interfaced with a magneto-optical layer. The resulting energy gap becomes populated with topologically protected one-way modes, which travel at the interface of this plexcitonic system. Furthermore, our theoretical proposal suggests that plexcitons are a convenient and simple platform for the exploration of exotic phases of matter and for the control of energy flow at the nanoscale.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [5];  [5]
  1. Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  2. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Kazan Federal Univ., Kazan (Russian Federation). Dept. of Physics
  3. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Physics, Center for Excitonics, Research Laboratory of Electronics
  4. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
  5. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Center for Excitonics, Research Laboratory of Electronics
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Excitonics (CE)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1287388
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0001088
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; yttrium-iron-garnet; thin-films; photonics; excitons; microcavities; constant; solids

Citation Formats

Yuen-Zhou, Joel, Saikin, Semion K., Zhu, Tony, Onbasli, Mehmet C., Ross, Caroline A., Bulovic, Vladimir, and Baldo, Marc A. Plexciton Dirac points and topological modes. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms11783.
Yuen-Zhou, Joel, Saikin, Semion K., Zhu, Tony, Onbasli, Mehmet C., Ross, Caroline A., Bulovic, Vladimir, & Baldo, Marc A. Plexciton Dirac points and topological modes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11783
Yuen-Zhou, Joel, Saikin, Semion K., Zhu, Tony, Onbasli, Mehmet C., Ross, Caroline A., Bulovic, Vladimir, and Baldo, Marc A. 2016. "Plexciton Dirac points and topological modes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11783. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1287388.
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title = {Plexciton Dirac points and topological modes},
author = {Yuen-Zhou, Joel and Saikin, Semion K. and Zhu, Tony and Onbasli, Mehmet C. and Ross, Caroline A. and Bulovic, Vladimir and Baldo, Marc A.},
abstractNote = {Plexcitons are polaritonic modes that result from the strong coupling between excitons and plasmons. Here, we consider plexcitons emerging from the interaction of excitons in an organic molecular layer with surface plasmons in a metallic film. We predict the emergence of Dirac cones in the two-dimensional band-structure of plexcitons due to the inherent alignment of the excitonic transitions in the organic layer. An external magnetic field opens a gap between the Dirac cones if the plexciton system is interfaced with a magneto-optical layer. The resulting energy gap becomes populated with topologically protected one-way modes, which travel at the interface of this plexcitonic system. Furthermore, our theoretical proposal suggests that plexcitons are a convenient and simple platform for the exploration of exotic phases of matter and for the control of energy flow at the nanoscale.},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms11783},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1287388}, journal = {Nature Communications},
issn = {2041-1723},
number = ,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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