Hybridization of molecules via a common photonic mode

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Nobakht, Jahangir; Pscherer, Andre; Renger, Jan; Goetzinger, Stephan; Sandoghdar, Vahid
• 署名单位: Max Planck Society; University of Erlangen Nuremberg; University of Erlangen Nuremberg
• 刊物名称: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0027-10086
• DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2505161122
• 发表日期: 2025-08-05
• 关键词: single dibenzoterrylene molecules; anthracene crystal; atoms; DYNAMICS

摘要

Atoms and molecules usually hybridize and form bonds when they come in very close proximity of each other. In this work, we show that molecules can hybridize even through far-field electromagnetic interactions mediated by the shared mode of an optical microcavity. We discuss a collective enhancement of the vacuum Rabi splitting and study super-and subradiant states that arise from the cavity-mediated coupling both in the resonant and dispersive regimes. Moreover, we demonstrate a two-photon transition that emerges between the ground and excited states of the new optical compound. Our experimental data are in excellent agreement with the predictions of the Tavis-Cummings Hamiltonian and open the door to the realization of hybrid light-matter materials.