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 …

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 …

Sub-picosecond collapse of molecular polaritons to pure molecular transition in plasmonic photoswitch-nanoantennas

J Kuttruff, M Romanelli, E Pedrueza-Villalmanzo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Molecular polaritons are hybrid light-matter states that emerge when a molecular transition
strongly interacts with photons in a resonator. At optical frequencies, this interaction unlocks …

Quantum information and algorithms for correlated quantum matter

K Head-Marsden, J Flick, CJ Ciccarino… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Discoveries in quantum materials, which are characterized by the strongly quantum-
mechanical nature of electrons and atoms, have revealed exotic properties that arise from …

Cavity-enabled enhancement of ultrafast intramolecular vibrational redistribution over pseudorotation

TT Chen, M Du, Z Yang, J Yuen-Zhou, W Xiong - Science, 2022 - science.org
Vibrational strong coupling (VSC) between molecular vibrations and microcavity photons
yields a few polaritons (light-matter modes) and many dark modes (with negligible photonic …

Tuning the coherent propagation of organic exciton‐polaritons through dark state delocalization

R Pandya, A Ashoka, K Georgiou, J Sung… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
While there have been numerous reports of long‐range polariton transport at room‐
temperature in organic cavities, the spatiotemporal evolution of the propagation is scarcely …

Plasmon mediated coherent population oscillations in molecular aggregates

D Timmer, M Gittinger, T Quenzel, S Stephan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The strong coherent coupling of quantum emitters to vacuum fluctuations of the light field
offers opportunities for manipulating the optical and transport properties of nanomaterials …

Molecular polaritons for chemistry, photonics and quantum technologies

B Xiang, W Xiong - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Molecular polaritons are quasiparticles resulting from the hybridization between molecular
and photonic modes. These composite entities, bearing characteristics inherited from both …