Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Ultrastrong coupling between nanoparticle plasmons and cavity photons at ambient conditions

  • Denis G. Baranov,
  • Battulga Munkhbat,
  • Elena Zhukova,
  • Ankit Bisht,
  • Adriana Canales,
  • Benjamin Rousseaux,
  • Göran Johansson,
  • Tomasz J. Antosiewicz,
  • Timur Shegai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16524-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Achieving ultrastrong coupling requires demanding experimental conditions such as cryogenic temperatures, strong magnetic fields, and high vacuum. Here, the authors use plasmon-microcavity polaritons to achieve ultrastrong coupling at ambient conditions and without the use of magnetic fields.