A ladder of polariton branches formed by coupling an organic semiconductor exciton to a series of closely spaced cavity-photon modes

We construct a microcavity in which the extended optical path length of the cavity (5.9 mu m) permits a series of closely spaced optical modes to be supported. By placing a J-aggregated cyanine dye into the cavity, we reach the strong-coupling regime and evidence a simultaneous optical hybridization between the organic-exciton and a number of the confined cavity modes, forming an effective ladder of polariton branches. We explore the emission from such cavities and evidence a polariton-population on adjacent polariton branches around k(parallel to) = 0. (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.