Strongly coupled photonic molecules as doubly-coupled oscillators

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.23546v1
• Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 18:05:53 GMT
• Title: Strongly coupled photonic molecules as doubly-coupled oscillators
• Authors: Kevin C. Smith, Austin G. Nixon, David J. Masiello,
• Abstract summary: We present a first-principles theoretical model of strongly coupled photonic molecules composed of interacting cavities.<n>We show that strongly coupled cavity modes are analogous to harmonic oscillators we term as doubly coupled, with interactions via electric and magnetic fields appearing as independent coordinate-coordinate and momentum-momentum couplings.
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• Abstract: In this work, we present a first-principles theoretical model of strongly coupled photonic molecules composed of interacting dielectric cavities. We demonstrate the predictive power of this model, illustrating the ability to compute supermode eigenfrequencies, field profiles, and mode volumes, given only knowledge of the individual cavity mode profiles and dielectric background, without expensive electromagnetic simulations on the composite structure or numerical fitting. While our model affirms the phenomenological approach of modeling coupled cavity modes as simple coordinate-coupled oscillators in the weak coupling regime, we show that this intuition remarkably breaks down for strong coupling. Instead, we demonstrate that strongly coupled cavity modes are analogous to harmonic oscillators we term as doubly coupled, with interactions via electric and magnetic fields appearing as independent coordinate-coordinate and momentum-momentum couplings, respectively. We show that this distinction is not merely cosmetic, but gives rise to observable properties while providing deep insights into the physical mechanism behind previously observed phenomena, such as coupling induced frequency shifts. Finally, we illustrate that the complex interplay of these dual couplings suggests the possibility to realize exotic phenomena that typically only occur in the ultrastrong coupling regime, here predicted to emerge for comparably modest mode splittings within a regime we term pseudo-ultrastrong coupling.

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