Entanglement generation by strong coupling between surface lattice resonance and exciton in an Al nanoarray-coated WS 2 quantum emitter

Strong light–matter interaction plays a central role in realizing quantum photonic technologies. The entanglement state, which results from the hybridization of excitons and cavity photons, forms the foundation of quantum information science. In this work, an entanglement state is achieved by manipulating the mode coupling between surface lattice resonance and quantum emitter into the strong coupling regime. At the same time, a Rabi splitting of 40 meV is observed. A full quantum model based on the Heisenberg picture is used to describe this unclassical phenomenon, and it perfectly explains the interaction and dissipation process. In addition, the observed concurrency degree of the entanglement state is 0.5, presenting the quantum nonlocality. This work effectively contributes to the understanding of nonclassical quantum effects arising from strong coupling and will intrigue more interesting potential applications in quantum optics.