Engineering strong coupling with molecular coatings in optical nanocavities
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| author | Rema, Athul S. López, Adrián E. Rubio Herrera, Felipe |
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| contents | Quantum emitters near the surface of silver nanoparticles undergo Rabi oscillations in electronic population dynamics due to strong coupling with near-field multipole modes that are not radiative. Low-frequency nanoparticle dipole modes are radiative but do not couple strong enough to quantum emitters. These features limit the observation of strong coupling. Using macroscopic quantum electrodynamics theory within a Lorentzian pseudo-mode approximation for the non-Markovian interaction kernel, we demonstrate that by coating spherical silver nanoparticles with a thin molecular J-aggregate layer, the resulting core-shell plexciton resonance restructures the local electromagnetic vacuum at dipole-mode frequencies to enable Rabi oscillations for quantum emitters that otherwise would only undergo exponential population decay. Specifically, we show for quantum dot emitters in the near field of silver nanospheres of 20 nm radius, that weak-to-strong coupling crossovers can be induced using 2 nm J-aggregate shells. Our work demonstrates the potential of molecular aggregates to enable deep sub-wavelength structuring of the vacuum field for the observation of coherent quantum dynamics in optical nanocavities. |
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| spellingShingle | Engineering strong coupling with molecular coatings in optical nanocavities Rema, Athul S. López, Adrián E. Rubio Herrera, Felipe Quantum Physics Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Chemical Physics Quantum emitters near the surface of silver nanoparticles undergo Rabi oscillations in electronic population dynamics due to strong coupling with near-field multipole modes that are not radiative. Low-frequency nanoparticle dipole modes are radiative but do not couple strong enough to quantum emitters. These features limit the observation of strong coupling. Using macroscopic quantum electrodynamics theory within a Lorentzian pseudo-mode approximation for the non-Markovian interaction kernel, we demonstrate that by coating spherical silver nanoparticles with a thin molecular J-aggregate layer, the resulting core-shell plexciton resonance restructures the local electromagnetic vacuum at dipole-mode frequencies to enable Rabi oscillations for quantum emitters that otherwise would only undergo exponential population decay. Specifically, we show for quantum dot emitters in the near field of silver nanospheres of 20 nm radius, that weak-to-strong coupling crossovers can be induced using 2 nm J-aggregate shells. Our work demonstrates the potential of molecular aggregates to enable deep sub-wavelength structuring of the vacuum field for the observation of coherent quantum dynamics in optical nanocavities. |
| title | Engineering strong coupling with molecular coatings in optical nanocavities |
| topic | Quantum Physics Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Chemical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17269 |