Self-Hybridized Polaritonic Emission from Layered Perovskites

TL;DR

This study demonstrates strong light-matter coupling in layered perovskites without external cavities, revealing multiple hybrid polariton states and high-quality resonances, which could advance optoelectronic and photochemical applications.

Contribution

It reports self-hybridized exciton-polaritons in 2D layered perovskites, showing strong coupling and multiple polariton modes without external cavities, a novel finding in the field.

Findings

Observation of multiple hybrid polariton modes

Resonances with quality factors > 250

Linear correlation between mode splitting and extinction coefficient

Abstract

Light-matter coupling in excitonic materials has been the subject of intense investigation due to emergence of new excitonic materials. Two-dimensional layered hybrid organic/inorganic perovskites (2D HOIPs) support strongly bound excitons at room-temperatures with some of the highest oscillator strengths and electric loss tangents among the known excitonic materials. Here, we report strong light-matter coupling in Ruddlesden-Popper phase 2D-HOIPs crystals without the necessity of an external cavity. We report concurrent occurrence of multiple-orders of hybrid light-matter states via both reflectance and luminescence spectroscopy in thick (> 100 nm) crystals and near-unity absorption in thin (< 20 nm) crystals. We observe resonances with quality factors > 250 in hybridized exciton-polaritons and identify a linear correlation between exciton-polariton mode splitting and extinction coefficient of the various 2D-HOIPs. Our work opens the door to studying polariton dynamics in self-hybridized and open cavity systems with broad applications in optoelectronics and photochemistry.