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Manipulating Core-Excitations in Molecules by X-ray Cavities

Quantum Physics 2021-02-08 v1

Abstract

Core-excitations on different atoms are highly localized and therefore decoupled. By placing molecules in an X-ray cavity the core-transitions become coupled via the exchange of cavity photons and form delocalized hybrid light-matter excitations known as core-polaritons. We demonstrate these effects for the two inequivalent carbon atoms in 1,1-difluoroethylene. Polariton signatures in the X-ray absorption, two-photon absorption, and multidimensional four-wave mixing, signals are predicted.

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@article{arxiv.2101.01838,
  title  = {Manipulating Core-Excitations in Molecules by X-ray Cavities},
  author = {Bing Gu and Artur Nenov and Francesco Segatta and Marco Garavelli and Shaul Mukamel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.01838},
  year   = {2021}
}
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