Fabrication of a Polariton Cavity via Mid-IR Laser Excitation
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Chen, Cecilia Y.; Moore, Samuel L.; Maiti, Rishi; Rajendran, Anjaly; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Liu, Song; Edgar, James H.; Hone, James; Basov, Dmitri N.; Gaeta, Alexander L.
- Source
- 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2023 Conference on. :1-2 May, 2023
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Q-factor
Fabrication
Phonons
Lasers and electrooptics
Laser excitation
Reflection
Microstructure
(140.3945) Microcavities
(230.4000) Microstructure fabrication
(240.5420) Polaritons
- Language
We fabricate polariton cavities in hBN with Q-factors > 70. Our approach is based on strong, resonant phonon excitation at 7.3 µm with femtosecond pulses causing the sample to "unzip" and produce a phonon reflection.