Journal article

Electronic Light-Matter Strong Coupling in Nanofluidic Fabry-Perot Cavities

Hadi Bahsoun, Thibault Chervy, Anoop Thomas, Karl Borjesson, Manuel Hertzog, Jino George, Eloise Devaux, Cyriaque Genet, James A Hutchison, Thomas W Ebbesen

ACS PHOTONICS | AMER CHEMICAL SOC | Published : 2018

Abstract

Electronic light-matter strong coupling has been limited to solid molecular films due to the challenge of preparing optical cavities with nanoscale dimensions. Here we report a technique to fabricate such Fabry-Pérot nanocavities in which solutions can be introduced such that light-molecule interactions can be studied at will in the liquid phase. We illustrate the versatility of these cavities by studying the emission properties of Chlorin e6 solutions in both the weak and strong coupling regimes as a function of cavity detuning. Liquid nanocavities will broaden the investigation of strong coupling to many solution-based molecular processes.

University of Melbourne Researchers

Grants

Awarded by ANR Equipex Union


Awarded by Labex NIE project


Awarded by Labex NIE project CSC within the Investissement d'Avenir program


Funding Acknowledgements

We acknowledge support of the International Center for Frontier Research in Chemistry (icFRC, Strasbourg), the ANR Equipex Union (ANR-10-EQPX-52-01), the Labex NIE projects (ANR-11-LABX-0058 NIE), and CSC (ANR-10-LABX-0026 CSC) within the Investissement d'Avenir program ANR-10-IDEX-0002-02.