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Microcavity-like exciton-polaritons can be the primary photoexcitation in bare organic semiconductors

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Pandya, Raj 
Chen, Richard Y. S. 
Gu, Qifei 
Sung, Jooyoung 
Schnedermann, Christoph  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2841-8586

Abstract

Abstract: Strong-coupling between excitons and confined photonic modes can lead to the formation of new quasi-particles termed exciton-polaritons which can display a range of interesting properties such as super-fluidity, ultrafast transport and Bose-Einstein condensation. Strong-coupling typically occurs when an excitonic material is confided in a dielectric or plasmonic microcavity. Here, we show polaritons can form at room temperature in a range of chemically diverse, organic semiconductor thin films, despite the absence of an external cavity. We find evidence of strong light-matter coupling via angle-dependent peak splittings in the reflectivity spectra of the materials and emission from collective polariton states. We additionally show exciton-polaritons are the primary photoexcitation in these organic materials by directly imaging their ultrafast (5 × 106 m s−1), ultralong (~270 nm) transport. These results open-up new fundamental physics and could enable a new generation of organic optoelectronic and light harvesting devices based on cavity-free exciton-polaritons

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Nature Communications

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2041-1723

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12

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Nature Publishing Group UK
Sponsorship
EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Euratom (H2020 Euratom Research and Training Programme 2014-2018) (758826)
EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) (639088)
Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) (2014-06948)
RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (EM20527, EP/M025330/1)