Ultrastrong Coupling of a Single Molecule to a Plasmonic Nanocavity: A First-Principles Study
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2022

Ultrastrong coupling (USC) is a distinct regime of light-matter interaction in which the coupling strength is comparable to the resonance energy of the cavity or emitter. In the USC regime, common approximations to quantum optical Hamiltonians, such as the rotating wave approximation, break down as the ground state of the coupled system gains photonic character due to admixing of vacuum states with higher excited states, leading to ground-state energy changes. USC is usually achieved by collective coherent coupling of many quantum emitters to a single mode cavity, whereas USC with a single molecule remains challenging. Here, we show by time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations that a single organic molecule can reach USC with a plasmonic dimer, consisting of a few hundred atoms. In this context, we discuss the capacity of TDDFT to represent strong coupling and its connection to the quantum optical Hamiltonian. We find that USC leads to appreciable ground-state energy modifications accounting for a non-negligible part of the total interaction energy, comparable to kBT at room temperature.

plasmonics

nanophotonics

excitons

time-dependent density functional theory

strong coupling

Författare

Mikael Juhani Kuisma

Chalmers, Fysik, Material- och ytteori

Jyväskylän Yliopisto

Benjamin Rousseaux

Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS)

Sorbonne Université

K. M. Czajkowski

Uniwersytet Warszawski

Tuomas Rossi

Chalmers, Fysik, Kondenserad materie- och materialteori

Aalto-Yliopisto

Timur Shegai

Chalmers, Fysik, Nano- och biofysik

Paul Erhart

Chalmers, Fysik, Kondenserad materie- och materialteori

Tomasz Antosiewicz

Chalmers, Fysik, Bionanofotonik

Uniwersytet Warszawski

ACS Photonics

2330-4022 (eISSN)

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Ämneskategorier

Atom- och molekylfysik och optik

Annan fysik

Den kondenserade materiens fysik

DOI

10.1021/acsphotonics.2c00066

PubMed

35308405

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