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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
卷 12, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26060-x
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- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation under the Maria de Maeztu Units of Excellence Program [MDM-2016-0618, PID2019-107432GB-I00, RTI2018-094861-B-100]
- European Union H2020 under the Marie Curie Actions [796817-ARTEMIS]
- Basque University System from the Department of Education of the Basque Government [PI2017-30, IT1164-19]
The study demonstrates the evolution of weak to ultrastrong coupling between microcavity modes and optical phonons by embedding layers of hexagonal boron nitride. It is found that strong coupling can be achieved even with thin layers as thin as 10 nm, and ultrastrong coupling in fully filled cavities yields a polariton dispersion matching that of phonon polaritons in bulk hBN. This suggests that tunable cavity phonon polaritons could provide a versatile platform for studying the modification of properties of polar crystals by the coupling strength between photons and phonons.
Strong coupling between light and matter can be engineered to influence their properties and behaviour. Here, the authors demonstrate the evolution from weak to ultrastrong coupling of microcavity modes and optical phonons with hexagonal boron nitride layers in a Fabry-Perot resonator. Strong coupling between molecular vibrations and microcavity modes has been demonstrated to modify physical and chemical properties of the molecular material. Here, we study the less explored coupling between lattice vibrations (phonons) and microcavity modes. Embedding thin layers of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) into classical microcavities, we demonstrate the evolution from weak to ultrastrong phonon-photon coupling when the hBN thickness is increased from a few nanometers to a fully filled cavity. Remarkably, strong coupling is achieved for hBN layers as thin as 10 nm. Further, the ultrastrong coupling in fully filled cavities yields a polariton dispersion matching that of phonon polaritons in bulk hBN, highlighting that the maximum light-matter coupling in microcavities is limited to the coupling strength between photons and the bulk material. Tunable cavity phonon polaritons could become a versatile platform for studying how the coupling strength between photons and phonons may modify the properties of polar crystals.
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