• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 9, Issue 5, 829 (2021)
Ping Gu1, Jing Chen1、*, Siyu Chen1, Chun Yang1, Zuxing Zhang1, Wei Du2、3, Zhengdong Yan4, Chaojun Tang5、6, and Zhuo Chen2、7
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Institute of Advanced Photonics Technology, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
  • 2College of Physics, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 3College of Physics Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China
  • 4College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
  • 5College of Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
  • 6e-mail: chaojuntang@126.com
  • 7e-mail: zchen@nju.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.417648 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Ping Gu, Jing Chen, Siyu Chen, Chun Yang, Zuxing Zhang, Wei Du, Zhengdong Yan, Chaojun Tang, Zhuo Chen. Ultralarge Rabi splitting and broadband strong coupling in a spherical hyperbolic metamaterial cavity[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(5): 829 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Strong coupling (SC) between two resonant plasmon modes can result in the formation of new hybrid modes exhibiting Rabi splitting with strong energy exchange at the nanoscale. However, normal Rabi splitting is often limited to 50320 meV due to the short lifetime of the plasmon mode. Here, we theoretically demonstrate a record Rabi splitting energy as large as 805 meV arising from the SC between the high-Q plasmonic whispering gallery mode and high-Q cavity plasmon resonance supported by a spherical hyperbolic metamaterial cavity, which consists of a dielectric nanosphere core wrapped in 7 alternating layers of silver/dielectric materials. In addition, the new hybrid modes formed by the SC are shown to exhibit an extralong lifetime of up to 71.9–81.6 fs, with the large electric field intensity enhancement at both the dielectric core and the dielectric layers. More importantly, the spectral ranges of SC can be tuned across an ultrabroad range from the visible to the near-IR by simply changing the dielectric core size. These findings may have potential applications in bright single-photon sources.
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    Ehybrid±=ETM+EWGM2±Δ2+(ETMEWGM)24,

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    Ping Gu, Jing Chen, Siyu Chen, Chun Yang, Zuxing Zhang, Wei Du, Zhengdong Yan, Chaojun Tang, Zhuo Chen. Ultralarge Rabi splitting and broadband strong coupling in a spherical hyperbolic metamaterial cavity[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(5): 829
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