Spectral and Spatial Characteristics of the Electromagnetic Modes in a Tunable Optical Microcavity Cell for Studying Hybrid Light–Matter States

D. S. Dovzhenkoa, I. S. Vaskana, b, c, K. E. Mochalovb, Yu. P. Rakovicha, d, and I. R. Nabieva, e, *
Translated by M. Skorikov

a Laboratory of Nano-Bioengineering and Laboratory of Hybrid Photonic Nanomaterials, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409 Russia

b Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Shemyakin–Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997 Russia

c Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow region, 141700 Russia

d Center for Materials Physics (CSIC-UPV/EHU) and University of the Basque Country, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, 20018, Donostia–San Sebastián, Spain

e Laboratoire de Recherche en Nanosciences, LRN-EA4682, 51 rue Cognacq Jay, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51100 Reims, France

Correspondence to: *e-mail: igor.nabiev@gmail.com

Received 8 November, 2018

Abstract—Studies of resonance interaction between matter and localized electromagnetic field in a cavity have recently attracted much interest because they offer the possibility of controllably modifying some of the fundamental material properties. However, despite the large number of such studies, these is no universal approach that would allow investigation of sets of different samples with wide variation of the main experimental parameters of the optical modes. In this work, the main optical parameters of a previously developed universal tunable microcavity cell, i.e., the Q factor and mode volume, as well as their dependence on the characteristics of cavity mirrors and spacing between them, are analyzed. The results obtained will significantly expand the scope of applications of resonance interaction between light and matter, including such effects as the enhancement of Raman scattering, long-range resonance nonradiative energy transfer, and modification of chemical reaction rates.

DOI: 10.1134/S0021364019010077