Coherent coupling between a molecular vibration and Fabry-Perot optical cavity to give hybridized states in the strong coupling limit (Presentation Recording)

James P. Long; Jeff C. Owrutsky; Kenan P. Fears; Walter J. Dressick; Adam D. Dunkelberger; Ryan Compton; Bryan Spann; Blake S. Simpkins

doi:10.1117/12.2187040

5 October 2015 Coherent coupling between a molecular vibration and Fabry-Perot optical cavity to give hybridized states in the strong coupling limit (Presentation Recording)

James P. Long, Jeff C. Owrutsky, Kenan P. Fears, Walter J. Dressick, Adam D. Dunkelberger, Ryan Compton, Bryan Spann, Blake S. Simpkins

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Proceedings Volume 9546, Active Photonic Materials VII; 954617 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2187040
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Coherent coupling between an optical-transition and confined optical mode, when sufficiently strong, gives rise to new modes separated by the vacuum Rabi splitting. Such systems have been investigated for electronic-state transitions, however, only very recently have vibrational transitions been considered. Here, we bring strong polaritonic-coupling in cavities from the visible into the infrared where a new range of static and dynamic vibrational processes await investigation. First, we experimentally and numerically describe coupling between a Fabry-Perot cavity and carbonyl stretch (~1730 cm 1) in poly-methylmethacrylate. As is requisite for “strong coupling”, the measured vacuum Rabi splitting of 132 cm 1 is much larger than the full width of the cavity (34 cm-1) and the inhomogeneously broadened carbonyl-stretch (24 cm-1). Agreement with classical theories providea evidence that the mixed-states are relatively immune to inhomogeneous broadening. Next, we investigate strong and weak coupling regimes through examination of cavities loaded with varying concentrations of urethane. Rabi splittings increases from 0 to ~104 cm-1 with concentrations from 0-20 vol% and are in excellent agreement to an analytical description using no fitting parameters. Ultra-fast pump-probe measurements reveal transient absorption signals over a frequency range well-separated from the vibrational band as well as modifications of energy relaxation times. Finally, we demonstrate coupling to liquids using the C-O stretching band (~1985 cm-1) of Mo(CO)6 in an aqueous solution. Opening the field of polaritonic coupling to vibrational species promises to be a rich arena amenable to a wide variety of infrared-active bonds that can be studied statically and dynamically.

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James P. Long, Jeff C. Owrutsky, Kenan P. Fears, Walter J. Dressick, Adam D. Dunkelberger, Ryan Compton, Bryan Spann, and Blake S. Simpkins "Coherent coupling between a molecular vibration and Fabry-Perot optical cavity to give hybridized states in the strong coupling limit (Presentation Recording)", Proc. SPIE 9546, Active Photonic Materials VII, 954617 (5 October 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2187040

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Fabry–Perot interferometers

Infrared radiation

Optical resonators

Absorption

Liquids

Ultrafast phenomena

Visible radiation

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