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Enhanced Raman Scattering from Vibro-Polariton Hybrid States**

Ground-state molecular vibrations can be hybridized through strong coupling with the vacuum field of a cavity optical mode in the infrared region, leading to the formation of two new coherent vibro-polariton states. The spontaneous Raman scattering from such hybridized light–matter states was studie...

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Autores principales: Shalabney, Atef, George, Jino, Hiura, Hidefumi, Hutchison, James A, Genet, Cyriaque, Hellwig, Petra, Ebbesen, Thomas W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: WILEY-VCH Verlag 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4515085/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26037542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201502979
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Sumario:Ground-state molecular vibrations can be hybridized through strong coupling with the vacuum field of a cavity optical mode in the infrared region, leading to the formation of two new coherent vibro-polariton states. The spontaneous Raman scattering from such hybridized light–matter states was studied, showing that the collective Rabi splitting occurs at the level of a single selected bond. Moreover, the coherent nature of the vibro-polariton states boosts the Raman scattering cross-section by two to three orders of magnitude, revealing a new enhancement mechanism as a result of vibrational strong coupling. This observation has fundamental consequences for the understanding of light-molecule strong coupling and for molecular science.