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The experimental observation of quantum phenomena in strongly correlated many particle systems is difficult because of the short length- and timescales involved. Obtaining at the same time detailed control of individual constituents appears…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael J. Hartmann , Fernando G. S. L. Brandao , Martin B. Plenio

We demonstrate that collective vibrational strong coupling of molecules in thermal equilibrium can give rise to significant local electronic polarizations in the thermodynamic limit. We do so by first showing that the full non-relativistic…

Recent experiments have demonstrated that polariton formation provides a novel strategy for modifying local molecular processes when a large ensemble of molecules is confined within an optical cavity. Herein, a numerical strategy based on…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-05-16 Andres Felipe Bocanegra Vargas , Tao E. Li

Light-matter interaction not only plays an instrumental role in characterizing materials' properties via various spectroscopic techniques but also provides a general strategy to manipulate material properties via the design of novel…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-08-30 Braden M. Weight , Xinyang Li , Yu Zhang

The experimental realization of strong light-matter coupling with molecules initiated the rapidly evolving field of molecular polaritonics. Most studies focus on how exciton polaritons, which combine electronic excitations with confined…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-09-10 Lucas Borges , Thomas Schnappinger , Markus Kowalewski

Polaritonic chemistry investigates the possible modification of chemical and photochemical reactions by means of strong light-matter coupling in optical cavities, as demonstrated in numerous experiments over the last few years. These…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-30 Lucas Borges , Thomas Schnappinger , Markus Kowalewski

When the interaction between a molecular system and confined light modes in an optical or plasmonic cavity is strong enough to overcome the dissipative process, hybrid light-matter states (polaritons) become the fundamental excitations in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Yu Zhang , Tammie Nelson , Sergei Tretiak

We introduce a theory of chemical equilibrium in optical microcavities, which allows us to relate equilibrium reaction quotients in different electromagnetic environments. Our theory shows that in planar microcavities under strong coupling…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-05-02 Kaihong Sun , Raphael F. Ribeiro

When molecular transitions strongly couple to photon modes, they form hybrid light-matter modes called polaritons. Collective vibrational strong coupling is a promising avenue for control of chemistry, but this can be deterred by the large…

Recent experimental progress in the field of cavity quantum electrodynamics allows to study the regime of strong interaction between quantized light and complex matter systems. Due to the coherent coupling between photons and matter-degrees…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-24 Florian Buchholz

The polariton, a quasiparticle formed by strong coupling of a photon to a matter excitation, is a fundamental ingredient of emergent photonic quantum systems ranging from semiconductor nanophotonics to circuit quantum electrodynamics.…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-03-21 Joonhyuk Kwon , Youngshin Kim , Alfonso Lanuza , Dominik Schneble

We present a microscopic semi-analytical theory for the description of organic molecules interacting strongly with a cavity mode. Exciton-vibration coupling within the molecule and exciton-cavity interaction are treated on an equal footing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-15 Ning Wu , Johannes Feist , Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal

We employ an exact quantum mechanical simulation technique to investigate a model of cavity-modified chemical reactions in the condensed phase. The model contains the coupling of the reaction coordinate to a generic solvent, cavity coupling…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-03 Lachlan P. Lindoy , Arkajit Mandal , David R. Reichman

Molecular polaritons are hybrid light-matter states that enable the exploration of potential cavity-modified chemistry. The development of dynamical, first-principles approaches for simulating molecular polaritons is important for…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-07-18 Millan F. Welman , Tao E. Li , Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

A model designed to mimic the implications of the collective optical response of molecular ensembles in optical cavities on molecular vibronic dynamics is investigated. Strong molecule-radiation field coupling is often reached when a large…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-10-05 Bingyu Cui , Abraham Nitzan

In the last decade, much theoretical research has focused on studying the strong coupling between organic molecules (or quantum emitters, in general) and light modes. The description and prediction of polaritonic phenomena emerging in this…

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

Polaritonic states arise when a bright optical transition of a molecular ensemble is resonantly matched to an optical cavity mode frequency. Here, we lay the groundwork to study the behavior of polaritons in clean, isolated systems by…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-10-20 Adam D. Wright , Jane C. Nelson , Marissa L. Weichman

Polaritons, formed as a result of strong hybridization of matter with light, are promising for important applications including organic solar cells, optical logic gates, and qubits. Owing to large binding energies of Frenkel excitons…

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