Sub-cycle switching of ultrastrong light-matter interaction in a 1D photonic bandstructure

Ménard, J. M. and Porer, M. and Leitenstorfer, A. and Huber, R. and Degl'innocenti, Riccardo and Zanotto, S. and Biasiol, G. and Sorba, L. and Tredicucci, A. (2012) Sub-cycle switching of ultrastrong light-matter interaction in a 1D photonic bandstructure. In: Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2012. UNSPECIFIED, USA. ISBN 9781557529435

Abstract

Multi-terahertz transients map out the photonic bandstructure of a plasmonic crystal while ultrastrong coupling with quantized electronic transitions in semiconductor quantum wells is activated within less than a cycle of light.