Tunable exciton-polaritons emerging from WS2 monolayer excitons in a photonic lattice at room temperature

L. Lackner; M. Dusel; O. A. Egorov; B. Han; H. Knopf; F. Eilenberger; S. Schröder; K. Watanabe; T. Taniguchi; S. Tongay; C. Anton-Solanas; S. Höfling; C. Schneider

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24925-9

Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Tunable exciton-polaritons emerging from WS2 monolayer excitons in a photonic lattice at room temperature

L. Lackner,
M. Dusel,
O. A. Egorov,
B. Han,
H. Knopf,
F. Eilenberger,
S. Schröder,
K. Watanabe,
T. Taniguchi,
S. Tongay,
C. Anton-Solanas,
S. Höfling,
C. Schneider

Affiliations

L. Lackner: Technische Physik and Wilhelm-Conrad-Röntgen-Research Center for Complex Material Systems, Universität Würzburg
M. Dusel: Technische Physik and Wilhelm-Conrad-Röntgen-Research Center for Complex Material Systems, Universität Würzburg
O. A. Egorov: Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid State Optics, Friedrich Schiller University
B. Han: Institute of Physics, University of Oldenburg
H. Knopf: Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University
F. Eilenberger: Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University
S. Schröder: Fraunhofer-Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF
K. Watanabe: Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science
T. Taniguchi: International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science
S. Tongay: School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, Arizona State University
C. Anton-Solanas: Institute of Physics, University of Oldenburg
S. Höfling: Technische Physik and Wilhelm-Conrad-Röntgen-Research Center for Complex Material Systems, Universität Würzburg
C. Schneider: Technische Physik and Wilhelm-Conrad-Röntgen-Research Center for Complex Material Systems, Universität Würzburg

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24925-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Excitons in atomically thin crystals couple strongly with light. Here, the authors observe lattice polaritons in a tunable open optical cavity at room temperature, with an imprinted photonic lattice strongly coupled to excitons in a WS2 monolayer.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
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