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Microwave-optical coupling via Rydberg excitons in cuprous oxide [dataset] Open Access

We report exciton-mediated coupling between microwave and optical fields in cuprous oxide (Cu2O) at low temperatures. Rydberg excitonic states with principal quantum number up to n= 12 were observed at 4 K using both one-photon (absorption) and two-photon (second harmonic generation) spectroscopy. Near resonance with an excitonic state, the addition of a microwave field significantly changed the absorption lineshape, and added sidebands at the microwave frequency to the coherent second harmonic. Both effects showed a complex dependence on n and angular momentum, l. All of these features are in semi-quantitative agreement with a model based on intra-band electric dipole transitions between Rydberg exciton states. With a simple microwave antenna we already reach a regime where the microwave coupling (Rabi frequency) is comparable to the nonradiatively broadened linewidth of the Rydberg excitons. The results provide a new way to manipulate excitonic states, and open up the possibility of a cryogenic microwave to optical transducer based on Rydberg excitons.

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Creator: Gallagher, Liam 1
Data collector: Gallagher, Liam 1
Data curator: Gallagher, Liam 1
Contact person: Jones, Matthew 1
Adams, Charles 1
Rogers, Joshua 1
Pizzey, Danielle 1
Pritchett, Jon 1
Langbein, Wolfgang 2
Lynch, Stephen 2
Hodges, Chris 2
Grunwald, Peter 3
Walther, Valentin 4
1 Durham University
2 Cardiff University
3 Aarhus University
4 Harvard University
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Rydberg excitons
Microwave-optical coupling
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doi:10.15128/r13x816m66s
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