The rise and current status of polaritonic photochemistry and photophysics

R Bhuyan, J Mony, O Kotov, GW Castellanos… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The interaction between molecular electronic transitions and electromagnetic fields can be
enlarged to the point where distinct hybrid light–matter states, polaritons, emerge. The …

Control, modulation, and analytical descriptions of vibrational strong coupling

BS Simpkins, AD Dunkelberger, I Vurgaftman - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Here, we review the design of optical cavities, transient and modulated responses, and
theoretical models relevant to vibrational strong coupling (VSC). While planar Fabry–Perot …

Molecular chemistry in cavity strong coupling

K Hirai, JA Hutchison, H Uji-i - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
The coherent exchange of energy between materials and optical fields leads to strong light–
matter interactions and so-called polaritonic states with intriguing properties, halfway …

Strong light–matter interactions: a new direction within chemistry

M Hertzog, M Wang, J Mony, K Börjesson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
It is possible to modify the chemical and physical properties of molecules, not only through
chemical modifications but also by coupling molecules strongly to light. More intriguingly …

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 …

Molecular polaritons for controlling chemistry with quantum optics

F Herrera, J Owrutsky - The Journal of chemical physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
This is a tutorial-style introduction to the field of molecular polaritons. We describe the basic
physical principles and consequences of strong light–matter coupling common to molecular …

Photonics and optoelectronics using nano-structured hybrid perovskite media and their optical cavities

Y Zhang, CK Lim, Z Dai, G Yu, JW Haus, H Zhang… - Physics Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the physics of optical excitation dynamics, band gap engineering
and charge carrier dynamics in metal-halide perovskites and their organic hybrids as well as …

Quantum electrodynamic control of matter: Cavity-enhanced ferroelectric phase transition

Y Ashida, A İmamoğlu, J Faist, D Jaksch, A Cavalleri… - Physical Review X, 2020 - APS
The light-matter interaction can be utilized to qualitatively alter physical properties of
materials. Recent theoretical and experimental studies have explored this possibility of …

Selective manipulation of electronically excited states through strong light–matter interactions

K Stranius, M Hertzog, K Börjesson - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Strong coupling between light and matter leads to the spontaneous formation of hybrid light–
matter states, having different energies than the uncoupled states. This opens up for new …

Cavity quantum-electrodynamical polaritonically enhanced electron-phonon coupling and its influence on superconductivity

MA Sentef, M Ruggenthaler, A Rubio - Science advances, 2018 - science.org
So far, laser control of solids has been mainly discussed in the context of strong classical
nonlinear light-matter coupling in a pump-probe framework. Here, we propose a quantum …