Confinement of gigahertz sound and light in Tamm plasmon resonators

We demonstrate theoretically and by pump-probe picosecond acoustics experiments the simultaneous confinement of light and gigahertz sound in Tamm plasmon resonators, formed by depositing a thin layer of Au onto a GaAs/AlGaAs Bragg reflector. The cavity has InGaAs quantum dots (QDs) embedded at the m...

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Autores: Villafañe, Viviana Daniela, Bruchhausen, Axel Emerico, Jusserand, B., Senellart, P., Lemaitre, A., Fainstein, Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/58115
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/58115
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:PUMP-PROBE PICOSECOND ACOUSTICS
TAMM PLASMON RESONATORS
CONFINEMENT OF LIGHT AND GIGAHERTZ SOUND
OPTOMECHANICS
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Sumario:We demonstrate theoretically and by pump-probe picosecond acoustics experiments the simultaneous confinement of light and gigahertz sound in Tamm plasmon resonators, formed by depositing a thin layer of Au onto a GaAs/AlGaAs Bragg reflector. The cavity has InGaAs quantum dots (QDs) embedded at the maximum of the confined optical field in the first GaAs layer. The different sound generation and detection mechanisms are theoretically analyzed. It is shown that the Au layer absorption and the resonant excitation of the QDs are the more efficient light-sound transducers for the coupling of near-infrared light with the confined acoustic modes, while the displacement of the interfaces is the main back-action mechanism at these energies. The prospects for the compact realization of optomechanical resonators based on Tamm plasmon cavities are discussed.