Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: The optical hybridization of the electronic states in strongly coupled molecule-cavity systems have revealed unique properties, such as lasing, room temperature polariton condensation and the modification of excited electronic landscapes involved in molecular isomerization. Here we show that molecular vibrational modes of the electronic ground state can also be coherently coupled with a microcavity mode at room temperature, given the low vibrational thermal occupation factors associated with molecular vibrations, and the collective coupling of a large ensemble of molecules immersed within the cavity-mode volume. This enables the enhancement of the collective Rabi-exchange rate with respect to the single-oscillator coupling strength. The possibility of inducing large shifts in the vibrational frequency of selected molecular bonds should have immediate consequences for chemistry.
Source: Nature Communications
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6981
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $6,990
Awards: Par-delà les frontières, l'Université de Strasbourg, G2448992187, G471331628, Cold gases with long-range interactions: Non-equilibrium dynamics and complex simulations, Optique Ultrarapide, Nanophotonique et Plasmonique, G6677604024, G7002111755, G7240651115, G783677704, Nanostructures en Interaction avec leur Environnement, G8091757531, G8510727784, G8864227411
OpenAlex ID: W2067597620