Intercavity polariton slows down dynamics in strongly coupled cavities

Yesenia A. García Jomaso, Brenda Vargas, David Ley Domínguez, Román J. Armenta-Rico, Huziel E. Sauceda, César L. Ordoñez-Romero, Hugo A. Lara-García, Arturo Camacho-Guardian () and Giuseppe Pirruccio ()
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Yesenia A. García Jomaso: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Brenda Vargas: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
David Ley Domínguez: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Román J. Armenta-Rico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Huziel E. Sauceda: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
César L. Ordoñez-Romero: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Hugo A. Lara-García: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Arturo Camacho-Guardian: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Giuseppe Pirruccio: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Band engineering stands as an efficient route to induce strongly correlated quantum many-body phenomena. Besides inspiring analogies among diverse physical fields, tuning on demand the group velocity is highly attractive in photonics because it allows unconventional flows of light. Λ-schemes offer a route to control the propagation of light in a lattice-free configurations, enabling exotic phases such as slow-light and allowing for highly optical non-linear systems. Here, we realize room-temperature intercavity Frenkel polaritons excited across two strongly coupled cavities. We demonstrate the formation of a tuneable heavy-polariton, akin to slow light, appearing in the absence of a periodic in-plane potential. Our photonic architecture based on a simple three-level scheme enables the unique spatial segregation of photons and excitons in different cavities and maintains a balanced degree of mixing between them. This unveils a dynamical competition between many-body scattering processes and the underlying polariton nature which leads to an increased fluorescence lifetime. The intercavity polariton features are further revealed under appropriate resonant pumping, where we observe suppression of the polariton fluorescence intensity.

Date: 2024
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