Coherent Coupling of WS<sub>2</sub> Monolayers with Metallic Photonic Nanostructures at Room Temperature Shaojun Wang Songlin Li Thibault Chervy Atef Shalabney Stefano Azzini Emanuele Orgiu James A. Hutchison Cyriaque Genet Paolo Samorì Thomas W. Ebbesen 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01475.s001 https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Coherent_Coupling_of_WS_sub_2_sub_Monolayers_with_Metallic_Photonic_Nanostructures_at_Room_Temperature/3423325 Room temperature strong coupling of WS<sub>2</sub> monolayer exciton transitions to metallic Fabry–Pérot and plasmonic optical cavities is demonstrated. A Rabi splitting of 101 meV is observed for the Fabry–Pérot cavity. The enhanced magnitude and visibility of WS<sub>2</sub> monolayer strong coupling is attributed to the larger absorption coefficient, the narrower line width of the <i>A</i> exciton transition, and greater spin–orbit coupling. For WS<sub>2</sub> coupled to plasmonic arrays, the Rabi splitting still reaches 60 meV despite the less favorable coupling conditions, and displays interesting photoluminescence features. The unambiguous signature of WS<sub>2</sub> monolayer strong coupling in easily fabricated metallic resonators at room temperature suggests many possibilities for combining light–matter hybridization with spin and valleytronics. 2016-06-06 00:00:00 Metallic Photonic Nanostructures plasmonic Room Temperature Room temperature WS 2 monolayer exciton transitions cavity Fabry Rabi splitting WS 2 Monolayers WS 2 monolayer meV