Theory predicts UV/vis-to-IR photonic down conversion mediated by excited state vibrational polaritons

Abstract This work proposes a photophysical phenomenon whereby ultraviolet/visible (UV/vis) excitation of a molecule involving a Franck-Condon (FC) active vibration yields infrared (IR) emission by strong coupling to an optical cavity. The resulting UV/vis-to-IR photonic down conversion process is m...

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Main Authors: Connor K. Terry Weatherly, Justin Provazza, Emily A. Weiss, Roel Tempelaar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40400-z