Practical guide to the statistical mechanics of molecular polaritons
arXiv:2308.05610 · doi:10.1080/00268976.2023.2272691
Abstract
A theoretical approach aimed at the quantum statistical mechanics of a molecular ensemble coupled to a lossless cavity mode is presented. A canonical ensemble is considered and an approximate formula is devised for the Helmholtz free energy correction due to cavity-molecule coupling, which enables the derivation of experimentally measurable thermodynamic quantities. The frequency of the cavity mode is assumed to lie in the infrared range. Therefore, the cavity couples to molecular vibrations and our treatment is restricted to the electronic ground state of the molecule. The method is tested for an analytically solvable model system of one-dimensional harmonic oscillators coupled to the cavity. The performance of the approximation and its range of validity are discussed in detail. It is shown that the leading-order correction to the Helmholtz free energy is proportional to the square of the collective coupling strength. We also demonstrate that the cavity mode does not have a significant impact on the thermodynamic properties of the system in the collective ultrastrong coupling regime (the collective coupling strength is comparable to the frequency of the cavity mode).
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