Tailored Subcycle Nonlinearities of Ultrastrong Light-Matter Coupling

Mornhinweg, J. and Halbhuber, M. and Ciuti, C. and Bougeard, D. and Huber, Rupert and Lange, C. (2021) Tailored Subcycle Nonlinearities of Ultrastrong Light-Matter Coupling. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 126 (17): 177404. ISSN 0031-9007, 1079-7114

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Abstract

We explore the nonlinear response of tailor-cut light-matter hybrid states in a novel regime, where both the Rabi frequency induced by a coherent driving field and the vacuum Rabi frequency set by a cavity field are comparable to the carrier frequency of light. In this previously unexplored strong-field limit of ultrastrong coupling, subcycle pump-probe and multiwave mixing nonlinearities between different polariton states violate the normal-mode approximation while ultrastrong coupling remains intact, as confirmed by our mean-field model. We expect such custom-cut nonlinearities of hybridized elementary excitations to facilitate nonclassical light sources, quantum phase transitions, or cavity chemistry with virtual photons.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: TERAHERTZ; GENERATION
Subjects: 500 Science > 530 Physics
Divisions: Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Chair Professor Huber > Group Rupert Huber
Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Chair Professor Huber > Group Dominique Bougeard
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 17 Aug 2022 11:27
Last Modified: 17 Aug 2022 11:27
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/46625

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