Strong coupling between excitons and quasibound states in the continuum in bulk transition metal dichalcogenides

Abstract

We investigate the strong coupling between the excitons and quasi-bound states in the continuum (BIC) resonance in a bulk WS$_2$ metasurface. Here we employ the bulk WS$_2$ to construct an ultrathin nanodisk metasurface, supporting the symmetry-protected magnetic dipole (MD) quasi-BIC resonance, which can self-hybridize with the excitons and lead to a strong light-matter interaction enhancement within the structure without the necessity for an external cavity. This strong coupling can be charactered by the considerable Rabi splitting of 159 meV and the clearly anti-crossing behavior appeared in the absorption spectrum. Furthermore, we analyze such light-matter coupling by constructing a Hamiltonian model including the surplus excitons, and tune the interaction from weak coupling to strong coupling regimes via the tunability radiation loss of the quasi-BIC resonance. Our results have great potential for manipulating the exciton-polaritons at room temperature, and provide a promising prospect for photonic devices that exploit strong coupling in applications.