Speaker
Dominik Sidler
(Paul Scherrer Institut and Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter)
Description
We demonstrate that the collective vibrational strong coupling of molecules in thermal equilibrium can give rise to significant local electronic polarizations in the thermodynamic limit. The discovered cavity-induced polarization pattern possesses a zero net polarization, which resembles a continuous form of a spin glass (or better polarization glass). Eventually, theoretical connections to well-known models of spin glasses are made explicit, along with their implications on polaritonic chemistry. For example, the existence of a spin glass phase could trigger an excess of thermal fluctuations that violate the fluctuation dissipation theorem and thus alter the thermodynamic properties of polaritonic systems.
Primary author
Dominik Sidler
(Paul Scherrer Institut and Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter)
