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arXiv:1103.3887 · Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Giant Rabi splitting in a metallic cluster–cavity system

Ivan G. Savenko, Полозков Роман Григорьевич, Ivan Andreevich Shelykh

Published Feb 1, 2012• 1 citation
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Abstract

We investigate theoretically the photo absorbtion of the cluster of alkali atoms embedded into a single mode quantum microcavity. We show that when the energy of the giant plasmonic resonance lies close to the energy of the cavity mode, the strong coupling between plasmon and cavity photon can occur, which is characterized by mode anticrossing and observation of the doublet structure in ptotoabsorbtion. The characteristic values of the Rabi splitting are expected to be several orders of magnitude larger then those observed in single quantum dot-cavity systems.

DOI
10.1088/0953-4075/45/4/045101

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