Scalable Dip-Coated Bragg Mirrors for Strong Light-Matter Coupling with 2D Perovskites

TL;DR

This paper presents a scalable, cost-effective method for fabricating high-quality Bragg mirrors using a bottom-up approach, enabling strong light-matter coupling with 2D perovskites and potential applications in polariton lasers and optoelectronics.

Contribution

It introduces a novel combination of evaporation-induced self-assembly and dip-coating to create tunable, high-performance Bragg mirrors suitable for strong coupling with 2D perovskites.

Findings

Achieved up to 96% reflectance with five bilayers

Demonstrated room-temperature strong light-matter coupling with 90 meV Rabi splitting

Controlled photonic stop band across the visible spectrum

Abstract

We report a scalable and cost-effective method for fabricating high-performance Bragg mirrors using a bottom-up approach that combines evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA) and dip-coating. The photonic crystals are composed of alternating mesoporous SiO$_2$ and dense TiO$_2$ layers, providing a high refractive index contrast ($\sim$0.8). This enables strong reflectance (up to 96%) with as few as five bilayers and precise control of the photonic stop band across the visible spectrum by simply adjusting the deposition parameters. Integration of a thin film of the two-dimensional perovskite (PEA)$_2$PbI$_4$ leads to strong light--matter coupling at room temperature. Angle-resolved reflectance and photoluminescence measurements reveal the formation of upper and lower polariton branches, with a Rabi splitting of 90 meV. The observed polaritonic dispersion is well described by a two-level system and Green's function formalism. This work demonstrates an efficient strategy for constructing tunable optical cavities using simple solution-based methods. The combination of high optical quality, spectral tunability, and strong coupling performance positions this platform as a promising candidate for low-threshold polariton lasers, nonlinear optics, and integrated optoelectronic devices.