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Linear spectra of molecular polaritons formed by $N$ molecules coupled to a microcavity photon mode are usually well described by classical linear optics, raising the question of where the expected nonlinear effects in these strongly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-19 Arghadip Koner , Joel Yuen-Zhou

The formation of the composite photonic-excitonic particle, known as a polariton, is a phenomenon emerging in materials possessing strong coupling to light. The organic-based materials besides the strong light-matter coupling also…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-01-19 Vladimir Al. Osipov , Boris Fainberg

Polaritons have gained significant attention for the tantalizing possibility of modifying chemical properties and dynamics by coupling molecules to resonant cavity modes to create hybrid light-matter quantum states. Herein, we implement the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-06-24 Scott M. Garner , Xiaosong Li , Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

Strong coupling between light and molecular matter is currently attracting interest both in chemistry and physics, in the fast-growing field of molecular polaritonics. The large near-field enhancement of the electric field of plasmonic…

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The energetic positions of molecular electronic states at molecule/electrode interfaces are crucial factors for determining the transport and optoelectronic properties of molecular junctions. Strong light--matter coupling offers a potential…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-10 Kuniyuki Miwa , Souichi Sakamoto , Akihito Ishizaki

Polaritonic modes in low-dimensional materials enable strong light-matter interactions and provide a platform for light manipulation at nanoscale. Very recently, a new class of polaritons has attracted considerable interest in…

We demonstrate strong coupling between molecular excited states and surface plasmon modes of a slit array in a thin metal film. The coupling manifests itself as an anti-crossing behavior of the two newly formed polaritons. As the coupling…

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Quantum-matter theory (QMT), based on the Schr\"odinger or Dirac equations, is firmly established for both intra- and intermolecular interactions. However, there are two key issues with QMT. First, its applicability to large molecular…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-03-19 Reza Karimpour , Matteo Gori , Alexandre Tkatchenko

Strong light-matter coupling occurs when the coupling strength between a confined electromagnetic mode and a molecular resonance exceeds losses to the environment. The study of strong coupling has been motivated by applications such as…

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Topology is a powerful framework for controlling and manipulating light, minimizing detrimental perturbations on the photonic properties. Combining nanophotonics with topological concepts presents opportunities for both fundamental physics…

Optics · Physics 2025-08-29 Grazia Salerno

Polaritons are a superposition of light and matter, that combine Strong Interferences (of light) with Weak Interactions (of excitons), making them WISI (Weakly-Interacting, Strongly-Interfering) particles. Their condensation is the main…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-05-18 Fabrice Laussy

The strong coupling between molecules and photonic modes in a Fabry-P\'{e}rot optical cavity, which forms hybrid light-matter states called polaritons, has been demonstrated as a promising route to control the rates of chemical reactions.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-22 Kunyang Sun , Matthew Du , Joel Yuen-Zhou

Recent experiments have revealed the profound effect of strong light-matter interactions in optical cavities on the electronic ground state of molecular systems. This phenomenon, known as vibrational strong coupling (VSC), can modify…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-19 Thomas Schnappinger , Markus Kowalewski

Exciton polaritons, arising from the interaction of electronic transitions with confined electromagnetic fields, have emerged as a powerful tool to manipulate the properties of organic materials. However, standard experimental and…

Modifying the energy landscape of existing molecular emitters is an attractive challenge with favourable outcomes in chemistry and organic optoelectronic research. It has recently been explored through strong light-matter coupling studies…

The observation that materials can change their properties when placed inside or near an optical resonator, has sparked a fervid interest in understanding the effects of strong light-matter coupling on molecular dynamics, and several…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-03-20 Ilia Sokolovskii , Gerrit Groenhof

The development of efficient techniques to distinguish mirror images of chiral molecules (enantiomers) is very important in both chemistry and physics. Enantiomers share most molecular properties except, for instance, the absorption of…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-07-11 Rosario R. Riso , Laura Grazioli , Enrico Ronca , Tommaso Giovannini , Henrik Koch

Light-matter interaction in the regime of strong quantum coupling is usually treated within the framework of the Hopfield model. However, the picture of coupling well-defined modes of light and matter is correct only as long as the shapes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-17 Amir Rahmani , Dogyun Ko , Maciej Dems , Andrzej Opala , Michał Matuszewski

Light-matter interactions are often considered governed by the electric optical field only, leaving aside the magnetic component of light. However, the magnetic part plays a determining role in many optical processes from light and…

Molecular polaritons have become an emerging platform for remotely controlling molecular properties through strong light-matter interactions. Herein, a semiclassical approach is developed for describing molecular polaritons by…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-04-19 Tao E. Li , Zhen Tao , Sharon Hammes-Schiffer