6 papers
A Mesoscopic Ginzburg--Landau Model for Vibrational Strong Coupling Enhanced Rayleigh Scattering in Molecular Liquids
Wenxiang Ying, Abraham Nitzan
Recent experiments by Sandeep \textit{et al.} [Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 65, e16917 (2026)] suggest that vibrational strong coupling (VSC) in molecular liquids can generate mesoscopic…
Excitation density controlled regimes of collective light--matter dynamics
Wenxiang Ying, Abraham Nitzan
Theoretical descriptions of collective light--matter dynamics often rely on the mean-field (MF) or single-excitation (SE) approximations, yet the parameter regimes where they apply…
Linear and nonlinear vibrational excitation driven by molecular polaritons
Wenxiang Ying, Carlos M. Bustamante, Franco P. Bonafé +5
Following our recent numerical study [arXiv:2601.16299 (2026)], we investigate vibrational excitation induced by transient optical driving in molecular ensembles strongly coupled t…
Collective Rabi-driven vibrational activation in molecular polaritons
Carlos M. Bustamante, Franco P. Bonafé, Richard Richardson +5
Molecular polaritons arise from electronic or vibrational strong coupling (ESC and VSC) with confined electromagnetic fields. While these have been widely studied, the influence of…
Electron transfer in confined electromagnetic fields: a unified Fermi's golden rule rate theory and extension to lossy cavities
Wenxiang Ying, Abraham Nitzan
With the rapid development of nanophotonics and cavity quantum electrodynamics, there has been growing interest in how confined electromagnetic fields modify fundamental molecular…
Microscopic Theory of Polariton Group Velocity Renormalization
Wenxiang Ying, Benjamin X. K. Chng, Milan Delor +1
Cavity exciton-polaritons exhibit ballistic transport and can achieve a distance of 100 m in one picosecond. This ballistic transport significantly enhances mobility compared t…