Enhanced nonlinear interaction of polaritons via excitonic Rydberg states in monolayer WSe2

Jie Gu; Valentin Walther; Lutz Waldecker; Daniel Rhodes; Archana Raja; James C. Hone; Tony F. Heinz; Stéphane Kéna-Cohen; Thomas Pohl; Vinod M. Menon

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22537-x

Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Enhanced nonlinear interaction of polaritons via excitonic Rydberg states in monolayer WSe2

Jie Gu,
Valentin Walther,
Lutz Waldecker,
Daniel Rhodes,
Archana Raja,
James C. Hone,
Tony F. Heinz,
Stéphane Kéna-Cohen,
Thomas Pohl,
Vinod M. Menon

Affiliations

Jie Gu: Department of Physics, City College of New York
Valentin Walther: Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University
Lutz Waldecker: Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University
Daniel Rhodes: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University
Archana Raja: Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
James C. Hone: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University
Tony F. Heinz: Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University
Stéphane Kéna-Cohen: Department of Engineering Physics, École Polytechnique de Montréal
Thomas Pohl: Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University
Vinod M. Menon: Department of Physics, City College of New York

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22537-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

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Here, the authors show the formation of exciton-polaritons with enhanced nonlinear response using excited excitonic Rydberg states in monolayer WSe2 embedded in a microcavity.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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