Tamm plasmon polaritons in the visible spectral region and its optical properties in ZnSe‐based microcavities

Abstract

AbstractWe report on the formation of Tamm plasmon (TP) modes in the visible spectral region at the interface between a Ag film and a ZnSe‐based distributed Bragg reflector (DBR). The tuning of the TP eigenenergies within the stop‐band in dependence on the DBR top layer thickness is investigated by micro‐reflectivity measurements. The experimental findings are compared with calculations using the transfer matrix method. The latter calculations show that strong coupling can be achieved between quantum well (QW) excitons and the TP modes. In addition, the Rabi‐splitting energy can be enhanced in a simple TP structure by increasing the number of QWs inside the top layer of the DBR.When a metal layer is deposited on a cold MC sample, micro‐reflectivity spectra show a blue shift of the cavity resonance. The TP modes are likewise observed in the same MC sample when reducing the top layer thickness of the DBR. This shift of cavity resonance and formation of TP mode are in good agreement with calculations. These results are rather promising in order to realize a spatial confinement of the polaritons by utilizing metal strips. Such channeling of polaritons opens the way to practical demonstration of exciton‐polariton integrated circuits. (© 2016 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)