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Strong magnon-photon coupling enhanced by photonic lattice flat-bands
Qi Hong1, Jie Qian2, Fujia Chen3
1Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Quantum Chips and Quantum Control, School of Physics, State Key Laboratory for Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Researchers achieved strong light-matter coupling using photonic flat bands, analogous to Dicke superradiance. This "coupling pinning" effect protects interactions and enhances light-matter coupling proportionally to the square root of degenerate modes.
Area of Science:
- Quantum optics
- Condensed matter physics
- Photonics
Background:
- Photonic flat bands offer high density of states for enhanced light-matter interactions.
- Previous studies primarily focused on weak-coupling or Purcell regimes with flat-band modes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To experimentally achieve strong coupling between photonic flat-band modes and magnon modes.
- To investigate the mechanism of flat-band-enhanced light-matter interaction in the strong-coupling regime.
Main Methods:
- Utilizing one-dimensional Lieb photonic lattices.
- Employing a ferrimagnetic spin ensemble.
- Achieving strong coupling via coherent combination of degenerate flat-band modes.
Main Results:
- Demonstrated strong coupling analogous to Dicke superradiance.
- Observed coupling strength enhancement proportional to the square root of degenerate modes (N).
- Discovered "coupling pinning," protecting strong coupling from lattice-size scaling.
Conclusions:
- Photonic flat bands provide a scalable platform for strong light-matter interactions.
- The findings enable large-scale photonic integration and new hybrid system functionalities.
- This work opens avenues for robust and enhanced light-matter coupling.
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