Dissociation slowdown by collective optical response under strong coupling conditions

Maxim Sukharev*, Joseph Subotnik, Abraham Nitzan

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Abstract

We consider an ensemble of diatomic molecules resonantly coupled to an optical cavity under strong coupling conditions at normal incidence. Photodissociation dynamics is examined via direct numerical integration of the coupled Maxwell-Schrödinger equations with molecular rovibrational degrees of freedom explicitly taken into account. It is shown that the dissociation is significantly affected (slowed down) when the system is driven at its polaritonic frequencies. The observed effect is demonstrated to be of transient nature and has no classical analog. An intuitive explanation of the dissociation slowdown at polaritonic frequencies is proposed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number084104
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume158
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Feb 2023
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Science FoundationCHE1953701
U.S. Department of Energy
Air Force Office of Scientific ResearchFA9550-22-1-0175
Office of Science
Basic Energy Sciences
Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences DivisionDE-SC0019397

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