Rabi splitting

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Rabi splitting is the characteristic energy-level splitting that appears when a quantum system, such as an atom or exciton, is strongly coupled to an electromagnetic field, producing two distinct hybrid light–matter states.

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instanceOf physical phenomenon
quantum optics concept
spectroscopic effect
appearsAs anticrossing in dispersion curves
doublet structure in optical spectra
contrastsWith Purcell regime
weak coupling regime
dependsOn cavity field amplitude
light–matter coupling strength
number of emitters
transition dipole moment
hasAlternativeName vacuum Rabi splitting
hasDefinition characteristic energy-level splitting that appears when a quantum system is strongly coupled to an electromagnetic field
hasTheoreticalDescription Jaynes–Cummings Hamiltonian NERFINISHED
dressed-state picture
involves atom
electromagnetic field
exciton
quantum two-level system
strong coupling between light and matter
isImportantIn cavity quantum electrodynamics experiments
design of polaritonic devices
polaritonics
quantum information processing
isMeasuredBy optical absorption spectroscopy
photoluminescence spectroscopy
reflectivity spectroscopy
isMeasuredIn electronvolts
energy units
frequency units
wavenumbers
isObservedIn cavity quantum electrodynamics
circuit quantum electrodynamics NERFINISHED
molecular strong-coupling systems
optical cavities
plasmonic nanostructures
semiconductor microcavities NERFINISHED
isProportionalTo vacuum Rabi frequency
isRelatedTo Jaynes–Cummings model NERFINISHED
Rabi oscillations NERFINISHED
dressed states
vacuum Rabi splitting
isUsedTo demonstrate strong coupling
quantify strength of light–matter interaction
occursInRegime strong coupling regime
requiresCondition coherent exchange of energy between light and matter faster than decoherence rates
resultsIn lower polariton branch
two distinct hybrid light–matter states
upper polariton branch

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Rabi oscillation relatedTo Rabi splitting