Organic Polaritons Enable Local Vibrations to Drive Long-Range Energy Transfer
arXiv:1804.01784 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.97.241407
Abstract
Long-range energy transfer in organic molecules has been experimentally obtained by strongly coupling their electronic excitations to a confined electromagnetic cavity mode. Here, we shed light into the polariton-mediated mechanism behind this process for different configurations: donor and acceptor molecules either intermixed or physically separated. We numerically address the phenomenon by means of Bloch-Redfield theory, which allows us to reproduce the effect of complex vibrational reservoirs characteristic of organic molecules. Our findings reveal the key role played by the middle polariton as the non-local intermediary in the transmission of excitations from donor to acceptor molecules. We also provide analytical insight on the key physical magnitudes that helps to optimize the efficiency of the long-range energy transfer.
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