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Polaritonic chemistry exploits strong light-matter coupling between molecules and confined electromagnetic field modes to enable new chemical reactivities. In systems displaying this functionality, the choice of the cavity determines both…
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Strongly coupled plasmon-exciton systems offer promising applications in nanooptics. The classification of the coupling regime is currently debated both from experimental and theoretical perspectives. We present a method to unambiguously…
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