We demonstrate room-temperature strong coupling between a mid-infrared (lambda = 9.9 lm) intersubband transition and the fundamental cavity mode of a metal-insulator-metal resonator. Patterning of the resonator surface enables surface-coupling of the radiation and introduces an energy dispersion which can be probed with angle-resolved reflectivity. In particular, the polaritonic dispersion presents an accessible energy minimum at k = 0 where-potentially-polaritons can accumulate. We also show that it is possible to maximize the coupling of photons into the polaritonic states and-simultaneously-to engineer the position of the minimum Rabi splitting at a desired value of the in-plane wavevector. This can be precisely accomplished via a simple post-processing technique. The results are confirmed using the temporal coupled mode theory formalism and their significance in the context of the strong critical coupling concept is highlighted.

Mid-infrared intersubband polaritons in dispersive metal-insulator-metal resonators

Tredicucci, Alessandro;
2014-01-01

Abstract

We demonstrate room-temperature strong coupling between a mid-infrared (lambda = 9.9 lm) intersubband transition and the fundamental cavity mode of a metal-insulator-metal resonator. Patterning of the resonator surface enables surface-coupling of the radiation and introduces an energy dispersion which can be probed with angle-resolved reflectivity. In particular, the polaritonic dispersion presents an accessible energy minimum at k = 0 where-potentially-polaritons can accumulate. We also show that it is possible to maximize the coupling of photons into the polaritonic states and-simultaneously-to engineer the position of the minimum Rabi splitting at a desired value of the in-plane wavevector. This can be precisely accomplished via a simple post-processing technique. The results are confirmed using the temporal coupled mode theory formalism and their significance in the context of the strong critical coupling concept is highlighted.
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