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 …

Ultrastrong coupling regimes of light-matter interaction

P Forn-Díaz, L Lamata, E Rico, J Kono, E Solano - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2019 - APS
Recent experiments have demonstrated that light and matter can mix together to an extreme
degree, and previously uncharted regimes of light-matter interactions are currently being …

Chemistry under vibrational strong coupling

K Nagarajan, A Thomas… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, the possibility of manipulating chemistry and material properties using
hybrid light–matter states has stimulated considerable interest. Hybrid light–matter states …

[HTML][HTML] Cavity quantum materials

F Schlawin, DM Kennes, MA Sentef - Applied Physics Reviews, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The emergent field of cavity quantum materials bridges collective many-body phenomena in
solid state platforms with strong light–matter coupling in cavity quantum electrodynamics …

Understanding polaritonic chemistry from ab initio quantum electrodynamics

M Ruggenthaler, D Sidler, A Rubio - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this review, we present the theoretical foundations and first-principles frameworks to
describe quantum matter within quantum electrodynamics (QED) in the low-energy regime …

Molecular polaritonics: Chemical dynamics under strong light–matter coupling

TE Li, B Cui, JE Subotnik, A Nitzan - Annual review of physical …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Chemical manifestations of strong light–matter coupling have recently been a subject of
intense experimental and theoretical studies. Here we review the present status of this field …

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 …

From enhanced diffusion to ultrafast ballistic motion of hybrid light–matter excitations

M Balasubrahmaniyam, A Simkhovich, A Golombek… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Transport of excitons and charge carriers in molecular systems can be enhanced by
coherent coupling to photons, giving rise to the formation of hybrid excitations known as …

Cavity-enhanced energy transport in molecular systems

G Sandik, J Feist, FJ García-Vidal, T Schwartz - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Molecules are the building blocks of all of nature's functional components, serving as the
machinery that captures, stores and releases energy or converts it into useful work …

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 …