Ultra hybrid plasmonics: Strong coupling of plexcitons with plasmon polaritons

Date
2015
Authors
Balci, S.
Kocabas, C.
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Source Title
Optics Letters
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0146-9592
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OSA - The Optical Society
Volume
40
Issue
14
Pages
3424 - 3427
Language
English
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Article
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We report a ternary-coupled plasmonic system consisting of excitons of J-aggregated dye, localized surface plasmon polaritons of Ag nanoparticles, and propagating surface plasmon polaritons of continuous Ag film. J-aggregate dyes are uniformly self-assembled on colloidally synthesized Ag nanoprisms forming plexcitonic nanoparticles, which are placed at a distance nanometers away from the Ag thin film. The reflection measurements, corroborated by theoretical predictions, reveal that the strong coupling of plasmon polaritons and plexcitons results in a newly formed plasmon-exciton-plasmon hybridized state that we call here, reportedly for the first time, a plexcimon state. The hybrid plasmonic system shows dispersion characteristics similar to a coupled resonator optical waveguide. The group velocity of the plexcimon state approaches zero at the band edges. The ultrahybrid plasmonic system presented here is promising for a variety of light-matter interaction studies, including polariton lasers, plasmonic devices, plasmonic waveguiding, and spectroscopy.

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Aggregates, Electromagnetic wave polarization, Excitons, Nanoparticles, Phonons, Photons, Quantum theory, Silver, Surface plasmon resonance, Synthesis (chemical), Waveguides, Coupled-resonator optical waveguides, Dispersion characteristics, Light-matter interactions, Localized surface plasmon polaritons, Plasmon-polaritons, Plasmonic devices, Propagating surface plasmons, Reflection measurements, Plasmons
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