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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 48: Quantum Effects II
Q 48.2: Talk
Thursday, March 17, 2022, 10:45–11:00, Q-H13
Ab initio cavity QED - modifying chemistry with strong light-matter interaction — •Christian Schäfer1,2, Enrico Ronca3, Johannes Flick4,5, Prineha Narang5, and Angel Rubio2,4 — 1Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, MC2, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden — 2Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, Germany — 3Istituto per i Processi Chimico Fisici del CNR (IPCF-CNR), Via G. Moruzzi, 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy — 4Center for Computational Quantum Physics (CCQ), The Flatiron Institute, 162 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010, USA — 5John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
The alchemical dream of altering a given material on demand into something desirable is at the very heart of chemistry. Optical-Cavity environments provide a novel handle to non-intrusively control materials and chemistry. The self-consistent interaction between complex electromagnetic environments and realistic materials gave birth to a new discipline, sometimes referred to as ’ab initio QED’, on the interface of condensed matter, chemistry and quantum optics.
I will provide a brief introduction into this newly emerged field and illustrate its application that gives rise to the control of chemical reactions [1] and intermolecular interactions.
[1] Schäfer, C., Flick, J., Ronca, E., Narang, P., and Rubio, A., arXiv:2104.12429 (2021).