Theoretical challenges in polaritonic chemistry

J Fregoni, FJ Garcia-Vidal, J Feist - ACS photonics, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polaritonic chemistry exploits strong light–matter coupling between molecules and confined
electromagnetic field modes to enable new chemical reactivities. In systems displaying this …

A theoretical perspective on molecular polaritonics

M Sánchez-Barquilla, AI Fernández-Domínguez… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the past decade, much theoretical research has focused on studying the strong coupling
between organic molecules (or quantum emitters, in general) and light modes. The …

Barrier-free reverse-intersystem crossing in organic molecules by strong light-matter coupling

Y Yu, S Mallick, M Wang, K Börjesson - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Strong light-matter coupling provides the means to challenge the traditional rules of
chemistry. In particular, an energy inversion of singlet and triplet excited states would be …

Optical cavity-mediated exciton dynamics in photosynthetic light harvesting 2 complexes

F Wu, D Finkelstein-Shapiro, M Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Strong light-matter interaction leads to the formation of hybrid polariton states and alters the
photophysical dynamics of organic materials and biological systems without modifying their …

Multidimensional coherent spectroscopy of molecular polaritons: Langevin approach

Z Zhang, X Nie, D Lei, S Mukamel - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We present a microscopic theory for nonlinear optical spectroscopy of N molecules in an
optical cavity. Using the Heisenberg-Langevin equation, an analytical expression is derived …

Effective single-mode methodology for strongly coupled multimode molecular-plasmon nanosystems

M Romanelli, RR Riso, TS Haugland, E Ronca… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Strong coupling between molecules and quantized fields has emerged as an effective
methodology to engineer molecular properties. New hybrid states are formed when …

Passive atomic-scale optical sensors for map** light flux in ultra-small cavities

P Andričević, EL Sellwood, MC Eppes, M Kook… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding light propagation and attenuation in cavities is limited by lack of applicable
light sensing technologies. Here we demonstrate the use of light-sensitive metastable states …

Light harvesting enhanced by quantum ratchet states

N Werren, W Brown, EM Gauger - PRX Energy, 2023 - APS
We consider bioinspired ring systems as photovoltaic circuits to explore the advantage of
“optical ratcheting,” a process whereby the arrangement of coupled optical dipoles enables …

Plasmon-enhanced exciton delocalization in squaraine-type molecular aggregates

T Quenzel, D Timmer, M Gittinger, J Zablocki, F Zheng… - Acs Nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Enlarging exciton coherence lengths in molecular aggregates is critical for enhancing the
collective optical and transport properties of molecular thin film nanostructures or devices …

Map** the dynamics of energy relaxation in exciton–polaritons using ultrafast two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy

S Dhamija, M Son - Chemical Physics Reviews, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Exciton–polaritons are quasiparticles that are formed by strong interactions between light
and electronic transitions of matter. Polariton states exhibit the characteristics of both …