Tuning Hybrid exciton-Photon Fano Resonances in Two-Dimensional Organic-Inorganic Perovskite Thin Films

Abstract

As easy-to-grow quantum wells with narrow excitonic features at room temperature, two-dimensional (2D) Ruddleson-Popper perovskites are promising for realizing novel nanophotonic devices based on exciton-photon interactions. Here, we demonstrate a distinct hybrid exciton-photon Fano resonance in (C4H9NH3)(2)PbI4 thin films prepared via spin coating. Using a classical coupled-oscillator model and finite-difference time-domain simulations, we link the Fano interference to the coupling of the exciton with the Rayleigh-like scattering of the film microstructure. Combining colloidal plasmonic cavities with the 2D perovskite films, we demonstrate tuning of the Fano resonance. In combination with silver nanoparticles, the exciton-photon Fano interference couples to the in-plane plasmonic modes with indications of Rabi splitting. By creating a nanoparticle on mirror geometry, we address the out-of-plane excitonic component, reaching an intermediate coupling regime. These structures suggest possible photonic targets for biomolecular self-assembly applications.

Publication
NANO LETTERS
David Ginger
David Ginger
B. Seymour Rabinovitch Endowed Chair in Chemistry

David Ginger is the the B. Seymour Rabinovitch Endowed Chair in Chemistry at the University of Washington, and the PI of the ginger group