Dr. Jan Renger

  • Senior Scientist
  • Room: A.3.232
  • Telephone: +49 9131 7133341
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Tailoring the optical properties at the micro- and nanoscale is key to enable new experiments in the field of quantum optics and biophotonics. To this end, I use my strong background in numerical simulations as well as nano- and microfabrication techniques together with the expertise in spectroscopy, linear and nonlinear optics to enable and conduct experiments.

2025

Hybridization of molecules via a common photonic mode

Jahangir Nobakht, André Pscherer, Jan Renger, Stephan Götzinger, Vahid Sandoghdar

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122 e2505161122 (2025) | Journal | PDF

Atoms and molecules usually hybridize and form bonds when they come in very close<br>proximity of each other. In this work, we show that molecules can hybridize even<br>through far-field electromagnetic interactions mediated by the shared mode of an<br>optical microcavity. We discuss a collective enhancement of the vacuum Rabi splitting<br>and study super- and subradiant states that arise from the cavity-mediated coupling<br>both in the resonant and dispersive regimes. Moreover, we demonstrate a two-photon<br>transition that emerges between the ground and excited states of the new optical<br>compound. Our experimental data are in excellent agreement with the predictions<br>of the Tavis–Cummings Hamiltonian and open the door to the realization of hybrid<br>light–matter materials.


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