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Near-UV Tunable Polaritons from Magic-Size Clusters.

Aleesha George¹, River B Carson², Daniel J Gracias²

¹Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, United States.

|April 22, 2025

Summary

CdS magic-size clusters (MSCs) enable strong light-matter coupling for UV polaritons. This breakthrough offers tunable, stable optoelectronic devices with applications in materials engineering.

Keywords:

Fabry−Perot cavity UV polariton exciton-polaritons magic-size clusters strong coupling

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Area of Science:

Condensed matter physics
Materials science
Quantum optics

Background:

Strong light-matter coupling forms polaritons, enabling advanced applications.
Existing exciton-polariton systems struggle to reach the UV spectrum.
Challenges include finding materials with high oscillator strengths, exciton binding energies, and device stability.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate CdS magic-size clusters (MSCs) as a viable material for UV polaritons.
To achieve room-temperature strong coupling in a solution-processed system.
To explore the potential for stable, tunable UV polaritonic devices.

Main Methods:

Solution processing of CdS MSCs within metallic Fabry-Perot cavities.
Characterization of strong coupling via Rabi splitting measurements.
Analysis of polariton emission across the near-UV spectrum.

Main Results:

Room-temperature strong coupling achieved in CdS MSCs.
Rabi splitting up to 390 meV observed, demonstrating significant light-matter interaction.
Polariton emission observed from 3.07 eV (403 nm) to 3.64 eV (340 nm).
Normalized Rabi splitting comparable to visible-light systems and superior to existing UV systems.

Conclusions:

CdS MSCs offer a promising platform for UV polaritonics.
The system exhibits tunable polariton emission in the near-UV range.
This work paves the way for developing stable, high-performance UV polaritonic devices.