Polariton chemistry: controlling molecular dynamics with optical cavities

RF Ribeiro, LA Martínez-Martínez, M Du… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular polaritons are the optical excitations which emerge when molecular transitions
interact strongly with confined electromagnetic fields. Increasing interest in the hybrid …

Exciton diffusion in organic semiconductors

OV Mikhnenko, PWM Blom, TQ Nguyen - Energy & Environmental …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The purpose of this review is to provide a basic physical description of the exciton diffusion
in organic semiconductors. Furthermore, experimental methods that are used to measure …

Self-similar nanocavity design with ultrasmall mode volume for single-photon nonlinearities

H Choi, M Heuck, D Englund - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
We propose a photonic crystal nanocavity design with self-similar electromagnetic boundary
conditions, achieving ultrasmall mode volume (V eff). The electric energy density of a cavity …

Extraordinary exciton conductance induced by strong coupling

J Feist, FJ Garcia-Vidal - Physical review letters, 2015 - APS
We demonstrate that exciton conductance in organic materials can be enhanced by several
orders of magnitude when the molecules are strongly coupled to an electromagnetic mode …

Theory for polariton-assisted remote energy transfer

M Du, LA Martínez-Martínez, RF Ribeiro, Z Hu… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Strong-coupling between light and matter produces hybridized states (polaritons) whose
delocalization and electromagnetic character allow for novel modifications in spectroscopy …

Dye chemistry with time-dependent density functional theory

AD Laurent, C Adamo, D Jacquemin - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In this perspective, we present an overview of the determination of excited-state properties of
“real-life” dyes, and notably of their optical absorption and emission spectra, performed …

Microcavity-like exciton-polaritons can be the primary photoexcitation in bare organic semiconductors

R Pandya, RYS Chen, Q Gu, J Sung… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Strong-coupling between excitons and confined photonic modes can lead to the formation of
new quasi-particles termed exciton-polaritons which can display a range of interesting …

Photonics meets excitonics: natural and artificial molecular aggregates

SK Saikin, A Eisfeld, S Valleau, A Aspuru-Guzik - Nanophotonics, 2013 - degruyter.com
Organic molecules store the energy of absorbed light in the form of charge-neutral molecular
excitations–Frenkel excitons. Usually, in amorphous organic materials, excitons are viewed …

Optics of exciton-plasmon nanomaterials

M Sukharev, A Nitzan - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This review provides a brief introduction to the physics of coupled exciton-plasmon systems,
the theoretical description and experimental manifestation of such phenomena, followed by …

Energy relaxation pathways between light-matter states revealed by coherent two-dimensional spectroscopy

L Mewes, M Wang, RA Ingle, K Börjesson… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Coupling matter excitations to electromagnetic modes inside nano-scale optical resonators
leads to the formation of hybrid light-matter states, so-called polaritons, allowing the …