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Title: Polariton condensation with saturable molecules dressed by vibrational modes

Abstract

Here, polaritons, mixed light-matter quasiparticles, undergo a transition to a condensed, macroscopically coherent state at low temperatures or high densities. Recent experiments show that coupling light to organic molecules inside a microcavity allows condensation at room temperature. The molecules act as saturable absorbers with transitions dressed by molecular vibrational modes. Motivated by this, we calculate the phase diagram and spectrum of a modified Tavis-Cummings model, describing vibrationally dressed two-level systems, coupled to a cavity mode. Coupling to vibrational modes can induce re-entrance, i.e. a normal-condensed-normal sequence with decreasing temperature and can drive the transition first-order.

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Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22), Materials Sciences and Engineering Division; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); Cambridge Commonwealth Trust (CCT)
OSTI Identifier:
1364434
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Europhysics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 105; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0295-5075
Publisher:
IOP Publishing
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Cwik, Justyna A., Reja, Sahinur, Littlewood, Peter B., and Keeling, Jonathan. Polariton condensation with saturable molecules dressed by vibrational modes. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1209/0295-5075/105/47009.
Cwik, Justyna A., Reja, Sahinur, Littlewood, Peter B., & Keeling, Jonathan. Polariton condensation with saturable molecules dressed by vibrational modes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/105/47009
Cwik, Justyna A., Reja, Sahinur, Littlewood, Peter B., and Keeling, Jonathan. Sat . "Polariton condensation with saturable molecules dressed by vibrational modes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/105/47009. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1364434.
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title = {Polariton condensation with saturable molecules dressed by vibrational modes},
author = {Cwik, Justyna A. and Reja, Sahinur and Littlewood, Peter B. and Keeling, Jonathan},
abstractNote = {Here, polaritons, mixed light-matter quasiparticles, undergo a transition to a condensed, macroscopically coherent state at low temperatures or high densities. Recent experiments show that coupling light to organic molecules inside a microcavity allows condensation at room temperature. The molecules act as saturable absorbers with transitions dressed by molecular vibrational modes. Motivated by this, we calculate the phase diagram and spectrum of a modified Tavis-Cummings model, describing vibrationally dressed two-level systems, coupled to a cavity mode. Coupling to vibrational modes can induce re-entrance, i.e. a normal-condensed-normal sequence with decreasing temperature and can drive the transition first-order.},
doi = {10.1209/0295-5075/105/47009},
journal = {Europhysics Letters},
number = 4,
volume = 105,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}

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