Abstract

Motivated by the dramatic success of realizing cavity exciton-polariton condensation in experiment we consider the formation of polaritons from cavity photons and the amplitude or Higgs mode of a superconductor. Enabled by the recently predicted and observed supercurrent-induced linear coupling between these excitations and light, we find that hybridization between Higgs excitations in a disordered quasi-2D superconductor and resonant cavity photons can occur, forming Higgs-polariton states. This provides the potential for a new means to manipulate the superconducting state as well as the potential for novel photonic cavity circuit elements.

Publication Details
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2020
Volume
2
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013143
URL
https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013143
Journal
Physical Review Research
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