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 …

[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 …

Magneto-optics in a van der Waals magnet tuned by self-hybridized polaritons

F Dirnberger, J Quan, R Bushati, GM Diederich… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Controlling quantum materials with light is of fundamental and technological importance. By
utilizing the strong coupling of light and matter in optical cavities,–, recent studies were able …

Cavity-mediated thermal control of metal-to-insulator transition in 1T-TaS2

G Jarc, SY Mathengattil, A Montanaro, F Giusti… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Placing quantum materials into optical cavities provides a unique platform for controlling
quantum cooperative properties of matter, by both weak and strong light–matter coupling …

Electronic transport driven by collective light-matter coupled states in a quantum device

F Pisani, D Gacemi, A Vasanelli, L Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In the majority of optoelectronic devices, emission and absorption of light are considered as
perturbative phenomena. Recently, a regime of highly non-perturbative interaction, ultra …

Engineering random spin models with atoms in a high-finesse cavity

N Sauerwein, F Orsi, P Uhrich, S Bandyopadhyay… - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
All-to-all interacting, disordered quantum many-body models have a wide range of
applications across disciplines, from spin glasses in condensed-matter physics over …

Controlling topological phases of matter with quantum light

O Dmytruk, M Schirò - Communications Physics, 2022 - nature.com
Controlling the topological properties of quantum matter is a major goal of condensed matter
physics. A major effort in this direction has been devoted to using classical light in the form of …

Unraveling a Cavity-Induced Molecular Polarization Mechanism from Collective Vibrational Strong Coupling

D Sidler, T Schnappinger, A Obzhirov… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate that collective vibrational strong coupling of molecules in thermal
equilibrium can give rise to significant local electronic polarizations in the thermodynamic …

Landau-phonon polaritons in Dirac heterostructures

L Wehmeier, S Xu, RA Mayer, B Vermilyea… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Polaritons are light-matter quasiparticles that govern the optical response of quantum
materials at the nanoscale, enabling on-chip communication and local sensing. Here, we …

Cavity light-matter entanglement through quantum fluctuations

G Passetti, CJ Eckhardt, MA Sentef, DM Kennes - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
The hybridization between light and matter forms the basis to achieve cavity control over
quantum materials. In this Letter we investigate a cavity coupled to a quantum chain of …