Manipulating matter by strong coupling to vacuum fields

FJ Garcia-Vidal, C Ciuti, TW Ebbesen - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND One of the most important phenomena in cavity quantum electrodynamics
(cQED) is the so-called strong coupling regime, which appears when the interaction …

Cavity-mediated electron hop** in disordered quantum Hall systems

C Ciuti - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We investigate the emergence of long-range electron hop** mediated by cavity vacuum
fields in disordered quantum Hall systems. We show that the counter-rotating (antiresonant) …

Conductivity and photoconductivity of a p-type organic semiconductor under ultrastrong coupling

K Nagarajan, J George, A Thomas, E Devaux… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
During the past decade, it has been shown that light–matter strong coupling of materials can
lead to modified and often improved properties which has stimulated considerable interest …

Quantum electron transport controlled by cavity vacuum fields

G Arwas, C Ciuti - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We explore theoretically how the coupling to cavity vacuum fields affects the electron
transport in quantum conductors due to the counter-rotating-wave terms of light-matter …

Enhanced charge transport in two-dimensional materials through light–matter strong coupling

P Bhatt, K Kaur, J George - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Strong light–matter interaction of functional materials is emerging as a promising area of
research. Recent experiments suggest that material properties like charge transport can be …

Extraordinary electrical conductance through amorphous nonconducting polymers under vibrational strong coupling

S Kumar, S Biswas, U Rashid, KS Mony… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Enhancing the electrical conductance through amorphous nondoped polymers is
challenging. Here, we show that vibrational strong coupling (VSC) of intrinsically …

Controlling Electron Mobility of Strongly Coupled Organic Semiconductors in Mirrorless Cavities

K Kaur, B Johns, P Bhatt… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent experiments on the strong light‐matter coupling between an organic semiconductor
and a plasmonic mode propose an unconventional way to enhance conductivity. Herein, it is …

Direct polariton-to-electron tunneling in quantum cascade detectors operating in the strong light-matter coupling regime

M Lagrée, M Jeannin, G Quinchard, O Ouznali… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
Modern optoelectronic devices rely on cavity electrodynamics concepts for improved
performances, embedding the active medium in an optical cavity to enhance the light-matter …

Absorption engineering in an ultrasubwavelength quantum system

M Jeannin, T Bonazzi, D Gacemi, A Vasanelli, L Li… - Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Many photonic and plasmonic structures have been proposed to achieve
ultrasubwavelength light confinement across the electromagnetic spectrum. Notwithstanding …

Extraordinary electrical conductance through amorphous non-conducting polymers under vibrational strong coupling

S Kumar, S Biswas, U Rashid, KS Mony… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Achieving electrical conductance in amorphous non-doped polymers is a challenging task.
Here, we show that vibrational strong coupling of the aromatic CH (D) out-of-plane bending …