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most citedQuantum Dynamics of Vibrational Polariton Chemistry

137 citations · 736 across the 24 of their papers we have counts for

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24 papers

physics.optics2026

Mode-Selective and Anharmonicity-Controlled Energy Transport in Cavity-Coupled Water

Sachith Wickramasinghe, Michael Fowler, Gerrit Groenhof +1

Recent experiments demonstrate the modification of chemical dynamics via cavity-enhanced vibrational energy transport. Here, we provide a microscopic account of both photonic and m…

quant-ph2026

Multiconfigurational Mixed Quantum-Classical Approach for Correlated Many-Body Dynamics

Pritha Ghosh, Rajanya Sarkar, Arkajit Mandal

In this work, we introduce a multiconfigurational mixed quantum-classical many-body approach for simulating the finite-temperature correlated multi-exciton dynamics in the presence…

physics.chem-ph2025★ 4 cited

On-the-Fly Cavity-Molecular Dynamics of Vibrational Polaritons

Sachith Wickramasinghe, Amirhosein Amini, Arkajit Mandal

In this work, we combine the density functional tight-binding (DFTB) approach with a light-matter Hamiltonian beyond the long-wavelength approximation to propagate the dynamics of…

physics.optics2025★ 5 cited

Tilted Material in an Optical Cavity: Light-Matter Moiré Effect and Coherent Frequency Conversion

Arshath Manjalingal, Saeed Rahmanian Koshkaki, Logan Blackham +1

Exciton-polaritons formed inside optical cavities offer a highly tunable platform for exploring novel quantum phenomena. Here, we introduce and theoretically characterize a light-m…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 10 cited

Mean-field Mixed Quantum-Classical Approach for Many-Body Quantum Dynamics of Exciton-Polaritons

Pritha Ghosh, Arshath Manjalingal, Sachith Wickramasinghe +2

In this work, we use a mixed quantum-classical (mean-field) many-body approach for simulating the quantum dynamics of excitons and exciton-polaritons beyond the single-excitation s…

physics.chem-ph2025★ 3 cited

Mixed Quantum-Classical Methods for Polaron Spectral Functions

Haimi Nguyen, Arkajit Mandal, Ankit Mahajan +1

In this work, using two distinct semiclassical approaches, namely the mean-field Ehrenfest (MFE) method and the mapping approach to surface hopping (MASH), we investigate the spect…

quant-ph2025

Towards Accurate Mixed Quantum Classical Simulations of Vibrational Polaritonic Chemistry

Muhammad R. Hasyim, Arkajit Mandal, David R. Reichman

Interest in vibrational polaritonic chemistry, where ground-state chemical kinetics are modified via confined optical modes in a cavity, has surged in recent years. Although models…

quant-ph2025★ 3 cited

Exciton-Polariton Dynamics in Multilayered Materials

Saeed Rahmanian Koshkaki, Arshath Manjalingal, Logan Blackham +1

Coupling excitons with quantized radiation has been shown to enable coherent ballistic transport at room temperature inside optical cavities. Previous theoretical works employ a si…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 6 cited

Microscopic Theory of Polaron-Polariton Dispersion and Propagation

Logan Blackham, Arshath Manjalingal, Saeed R. Koshkaki +1

We develop an analytical microscopic theory to describe the polaron-polariton dispersion, formed by hybridizing excitons, photons, and phonons, and their coherent dynamics inside o…

quant-ph2024

Simulating anharmonic vibrational polaritons beyond the long wavelength approximation

Dipti Jasrasaria, Arkajit Mandal, David R. Reichman +1

In this work we investigate anharmonic vibrational polaritons formed due to strong light-matter interactions in an optical cavity between radiation modes and anharmonic vibrations…

quant-ph2024★ 32 cited

Investigating the Collective Nature of Cavity Modified Chemical Kinetics under Vibrational Strong Coupling

Lachlan P. Lindoy, Arkajit Mandal, David R. Reichman

In this paper we develop quantum dynamical methods capable of treating the dynamics of chemically reacting systems in an optical cavity in the vibrationally strong-coupling (VSC) l…

physics.chem-ph2023★ 33 cited

Variational Lang-Firsov approach plus Møller-Plesset perturbation theory with applications to ab initio polariton chemistry

Zhi-Hao Cui, Arkajit Mandal, David R. Reichman

We apply the Lang-Firsov (LF) transformation to electron-boson coupled Hamiltonians and variationally optimize the transformation parameters and molecular orbital coefficients to d…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 43 cited

Microscopic Theory of Multimode Polariton Dispersion in Multilayered Materials

Arkajit Mandal, Ding Xu, Ankit Mahajan +3

We develop a microscopic theory for the multimode polariton dispersion in materials coupled to cavity radiation modes. Starting from a microscopic light-matter Hamiltonian, we devi…

quant-ph2022★ 137 cited

Quantum Dynamics of Vibrational Polariton Chemistry

Lachlan P. Lindoy, Arkajit Mandal, David R. Reichman

We employ an exact quantum mechanical simulation technique to investigate a model of cavity-modified chemical reactions in the condensed phase. The model contains the coupling of t…

quant-ph2022★ 32 cited

Quasi-Diabatic Propagation Scheme for Simulating Polariton Chemistry

Deping Hu, Arkajit Mandal, Braden M. Weight +1

We generalize the quasi-diabatic (QD) propagation scheme to simulate the non-adiabatic polariton dynamics in molecule-cavity hybrid systems. The adiabatic-Fock states, which are th…

physics.chem-ph2022★ 57 cited

Resonant Cavity Modification of Ground State Chemical Kinetics

Lachlan P. Lindoy, Arkajit Mandal, David R. Reichman

Recent experiments have suggested that ground state chemical kinetics can be suppressed or enhanced by coupling the vibrational degrees of freedom of a molecular system with a radi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 126 cited

Ultrafast imaging of polariton propagation and interactions

Ding Xu, Arkajit Mandal, James M. Baxter +6

Semiconductor excitations can hybridize with cavity photons to form exciton-polaritons (EPs) with remarkable properties, including light-like energy flow combined with matter-like…

physics.chem-ph2021★ 82 cited

Theory of Vibrational Polariton Chemistry in the Collective Coupling Regime

Arkajit Mandal, Xinyang Li, Pengfei Huo

We theoretically demonstrate that chemical reaction rate constant can be significantly suppressed by coupling molecular vibrations with an optical cavity, exhibiting both the colle…

physics.chem-ph2021★ 25 cited

Ab-initio Symmetric Quasi-Classical Approach to Investigate Molecular Tully Models

Braden M. Weight, Arkajit Mandal, Pengfei Huo

We perform on-the-fly non-adiabatic molecular dynamics simulations using the symmetrical quasi-classical (SQC) approach with the recently suggested molecular Tully models: ethylene…

quant-ph2020★ 105 cited

Resolution of Gauge Ambiguities in Molecular Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics

Michael A. D. Taylor, Arkajit Mandal, Wanghuai Zhou +1

This work provides the fundamental theoretical framework for the molecular cavity Quantum Electrodynamics by resolving the gauge ambiguities between the Coulomb gauge and the dipol…

quant-ph2020★ 1 cited

Polarized Fock States for Polariton Photochemistry

Arkajit Mandal, Sebastian Montillo Vega, Pengfei Huo

We use the polarized Fock states to describe the coupled molecule-cavity hybrid system in quantum electrodynamics. The molecular permanent dipoles polarize the photon field by disp…

physics.comp-ph2019★ 1 cited

Quasi-Diabatic Scheme for Non-adiabatic On-the-fly Simulations

Wanghuai Zhou, Arkajit Mandal, Pengfei Huo

This paper provides the first ab-initio on-the-fly example of using the Quasi-Diabatic (QD) scheme for non-adiabatic simulations with diabatic dynamics approaches. The QD scheme pr…

physics.chem-ph2018

Symmetric Quasi Classical Dynamics with Quasi Diabatic Propagation Scheme

Juan Sebastian C. Sandoval, Arkajit Mandal, Pengfei Huo

We apply a recently developed quasi-diabatic (QD) scheme to the symmetric quasi-classical (SQC) approach for accurate quantum dynamics propagation. By using the adiabatic states as…

physics.chem-ph2018★ 31 cited

Investigating Photoinduced Proton Coupled Electron Transfer Reaction using Quasi Diabatic Dynamics Propagation

Arkajit Mandal, Farnaz A. Shakib, Pengfei Huo

We investigate photoinduced proton-coupled electron transfer (PI-PCET) reaction through a recently devel- oped quasi-diabatic (QD) quantum dynamics propagation scheme. This scheme…