Protecting Intercavity Polaritons in Strongly Coupled Cavities

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Main Authors: Sánchez-Martínez, Rodrigo, García-Jomaso, Yesenia A., Ley-Domínguez, David, Ordóñez-Romero, César L., Lara-García, Hugo A., Pirruccio, Giuseppe, Camacho-Guardian, Arturo
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author Sánchez-Martínez, Rodrigo
García-Jomaso, Yesenia A.
Ley-Domínguez, David
Ordóñez-Romero, César L.
Lara-García, Hugo A.
Pirruccio, Giuseppe
Camacho-Guardian, Arturo
author_facet Sánchez-Martínez, Rodrigo
García-Jomaso, Yesenia A.
Ley-Domínguez, David
Ordóñez-Romero, César L.
Lara-García, Hugo A.
Pirruccio, Giuseppe
Camacho-Guardian, Arturo
contents We theoretically designed and experimentally demonstrated a mechanism to protect a spatially segregated mixed light-matter state, known as intercavity exciton-polariton in strongly coupled optical cavities. This excitation, shared across the coupled cavity array, exhibits remarkable robustness over a wide momentum range, without compromising photon-exciton mixing or the spatial separation of its photonic and excitonic components, which also enables a tunable heavy mass. Additionally, we unveil a direct connection between the transparency window, characteristic of slow-light experiments, and the protection of the intercavity polariton nature. Both phenomena originate from the strategic design of an energy-level landscape featuring a $Λ$-scheme, opening new avenues for exploring and utilizing these unique optical excitations in advanced photonic applications.
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spellingShingle Protecting Intercavity Polaritons in Strongly Coupled Cavities
Sánchez-Martínez, Rodrigo
García-Jomaso, Yesenia A.
Ley-Domínguez, David
Ordóñez-Romero, César L.
Lara-García, Hugo A.
Pirruccio, Giuseppe
Camacho-Guardian, Arturo
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Gases
Chemical Physics
Optics
We theoretically designed and experimentally demonstrated a mechanism to protect a spatially segregated mixed light-matter state, known as intercavity exciton-polariton in strongly coupled optical cavities. This excitation, shared across the coupled cavity array, exhibits remarkable robustness over a wide momentum range, without compromising photon-exciton mixing or the spatial separation of its photonic and excitonic components, which also enables a tunable heavy mass. Additionally, we unveil a direct connection between the transparency window, characteristic of slow-light experiments, and the protection of the intercavity polariton nature. Both phenomena originate from the strategic design of an energy-level landscape featuring a $Λ$-scheme, opening new avenues for exploring and utilizing these unique optical excitations in advanced photonic applications.
title Protecting Intercavity Polaritons in Strongly Coupled Cavities
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Gases
Chemical Physics
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.16266