Ultrafast transition from coherent to incoherent polariton nonlinearities in a hybrid 1L-WS2/plasmon structure
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| author | Timmer, Daniel Gittinger, Moritz Quenzel, Thomas Cadore, Alisson R. Rosa, Barbara L. T. Li, Wenshan Soavi, Giancarlo Lünemann, Daniel C. Stephan, Sven Greten, Lara Richter, Marten Knorr, Andreas De Sio, Antonietta Silies, Martin Cerullo, Giulio Ferrari, Andrea C. Lienau, Christoph |
| author_facet | Timmer, Daniel Gittinger, Moritz Quenzel, Thomas Cadore, Alisson R. Rosa, Barbara L. T. Li, Wenshan Soavi, Giancarlo Lünemann, Daniel C. Stephan, Sven Greten, Lara Richter, Marten Knorr, Andreas De Sio, Antonietta Silies, Martin Cerullo, Giulio Ferrari, Andrea C. Lienau, Christoph |
| contents | Exciton polaritons based on atomically thin semiconductors are essential building blocks of quantum optoelectronic devices. Their properties are governed by an ultrafast and oscillatory energy transfer between their excitonic and photonic constituents, resulting in the formation of polaritonic quasiparticles with pronounced nonlinearities induced by the excitonic component. In metallic nanoresonators, dissipation phenomena limit the polariton lifetime to a few ten femtoseconds, so short that the role of these polaritons for the nonlinearities of such hybrids is yet unexplored. Here, we use ultrafast two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) to uncover coherent polariton dynamics in a hybrid monolayer (1L) WS2/plasmonic nanostructure. With respect to an uncoupled WS2 flake, we observe an over 20-fold, polarization-dependent enhancement of the optical nonlinearity and a rapid evolution of the 2DES spectra within ~70 fs. We relate these dynamics to a transition from coherent polaritons to incoherent excitations, unravel the microscopic optical nonlinearities, and show the potential of coherent polaritons for ultrafast all-optical switching. |
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| spellingShingle | Ultrafast transition from coherent to incoherent polariton nonlinearities in a hybrid 1L-WS2/plasmon structure Timmer, Daniel Gittinger, Moritz Quenzel, Thomas Cadore, Alisson R. Rosa, Barbara L. T. Li, Wenshan Soavi, Giancarlo Lünemann, Daniel C. Stephan, Sven Greten, Lara Richter, Marten Knorr, Andreas De Sio, Antonietta Silies, Martin Cerullo, Giulio Ferrari, Andrea C. Lienau, Christoph Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Exciton polaritons based on atomically thin semiconductors are essential building blocks of quantum optoelectronic devices. Their properties are governed by an ultrafast and oscillatory energy transfer between their excitonic and photonic constituents, resulting in the formation of polaritonic quasiparticles with pronounced nonlinearities induced by the excitonic component. In metallic nanoresonators, dissipation phenomena limit the polariton lifetime to a few ten femtoseconds, so short that the role of these polaritons for the nonlinearities of such hybrids is yet unexplored. Here, we use ultrafast two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) to uncover coherent polariton dynamics in a hybrid monolayer (1L) WS2/plasmonic nanostructure. With respect to an uncoupled WS2 flake, we observe an over 20-fold, polarization-dependent enhancement of the optical nonlinearity and a rapid evolution of the 2DES spectra within ~70 fs. We relate these dynamics to a transition from coherent polaritons to incoherent excitations, unravel the microscopic optical nonlinearities, and show the potential of coherent polaritons for ultrafast all-optical switching. |
| title | Ultrafast transition from coherent to incoherent polariton nonlinearities in a hybrid 1L-WS2/plasmon structure |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20633 |