Metasurfaces for the nanoscale engineering of light–matter coupling
Schuller, J. A. et al. Plasmonics for extreme light concentration and manipulation. Nat. Mater. 9, 193–204 (2010). Article …
Scientists propose a light-matter quantum state inside living cells
Researchers report an unexplained 71-terahertz vibration in living cells, mouse tissues and isolated mitochondria that disappears when mitochondrial…
Microwave-to-optical transduction using magnon–exciton coupling
Kurizki, G. et al. Quantum technologies with hybrid systems. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 112, 3866–3873 (2015). Article …
Ultrafast triggering of strong coupling in a semiconductor terahertz Fabry-Pérot cavity
THz characterization of a photo-excited thin Si wafer When a semiconductor is excited above band-gap, its optical properties…
Cavity-driven attractive interactions in quantum materials
Lu, I.-T. et al. Cavity engineering of solid-state materials without external driving. Adv. Opt. Photonics 17, 441–525 (2025).…
Tunable polaritonic topologies generated by non-local photonic modes
Topology provides a foundational framework for understanding a wide range of natural phenomena1,2,3. Among its key manifestations are…
Transport of polaritons in hyperbolic media
Basov, D. N., Fogler, M. M. & García de Abajo, F. J. Polaritons in van der Waals materials.…
“You Can Create and Control This Exotic State Using Light “: DARPA-Funded Scientists Use Lasers to Create a New Exotic State of Matter at Room Temperature
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), with support from the U.S. Army Research Office, the National Science Foundation,…
Ground-state exciton–polariton condensation via coherent Floquet driving
The acousto-polaritonic device studied here (Fig. 1a) is based on a patterned hybrid phonon–photon AlGaAs MC with multiple…
Ultrafast transition from coherent to incoherent polariton nonlinearities in a hybrid 1L-WS2/plasmon structure
Törmä, P. & Barnes, W. L. Strong coupling between surface plasmon polaritons and emitters: a review. Rep. Prog.…
Excitonic negative refraction mediated by magnetic orders
Withers, F. et al. Light-emitting diodes by band-structure engineering in van der Waals heterostructures. Nat. Mater. 14, 301–306…
Twist-induced non-Hermitian topology of exciton–polaritons
Hasan, M. Z. & Kane, C. L. Colloquium: topological insulators. Rev. Mod. Phys. 82, 3045–3067 (2010). Article ADS …