Ultralarge Rabi splitting and broadband strong coupling in a spherical hyperbolic metamaterial cavity

Ping Gu; Jing Chen; Siyu Chen; Chun Yang; Zuxing Zhang; Wei Du; Zhengdong Yan; Chaojun Tang; Zhuo Chen

doi:10.1364/PRJ.417648

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