2024/02/15 by Marie S. Rider, Edwin C. Johnson, Rider, Marie S. +15 · 2 citations
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #Molecular spectroscopy and chirality #Optics (physics.optics) #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2402.09885
openalex publication_date 2024/02/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We provide a simple method that enables readily acquired experimental data to be used to predict whether or not a candidate molecular material may exhibit strong coupling. Specifically, we explore the relationship between the hybrid molecular/photonic (polaritonic) states and the bulk optical response of the molecular material. For a given material this approach enables a prediction of the maximum extent of strong coupling (vacuum Rabi splitting), irrespective of the nature of the confined light field. We provide formulae for the upper limit of the splitting in terms of the molar absorption coefficient, the attenuation coefficient, the extinction coefficient (imaginary part of the refractive index) and the absorbance. To illustrate this approach we provide a number of examples, we also discuss some of the limitations of our approach.