When Quantum Light Meets Matter
Article: published in Physical Review A by J. C. López Carreño, C. Sánchez Muñoz, E. del Valle and F. P. Laussy, Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and IFIMAC researchers.. A theoretical analysis of...
Category: Research Highlights
Suppressing Photochemical Reactions Through Strong Coupling
Article: published in Nature Communications by Javier Galego, Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal and Johannes Feist, Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and IFIMAC researchers. Photoisomerization is a change in chemical structure of a molecule after...
Attosecond Correlation Dynamics
Article: published in Nature Physics by Johannes Feist, Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and IFIMAC researcher. When light hits an atom, it can eject an electron through the process of photoionization. Up to...
Uncoupled Dark States Can Inherit Polaritonic Properties
Article: published in Physical Review Letters by Carlos Gonzalez-Ballestero, Johannes Feist, Esteban Moreno and F. J. García-Vidal, Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and IFIMAC researchers. The phenomenon of collective strong coupling emerges when an ensemble...
Transformation Optics Approach to Plasmon-Exciton Strong Coupling in Nanocavities
Article: published in Physical Review Letters by F. J. García-Vidal, and A. I. Fernández-Domínguez, Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and IFIMAC researchers. We investigate the conditions yielding plasmon-exciton strong coupling at the single emitter level...
Polaritonic Rabi and Josephson Oscillations
Article: published in Scientific Reports by Fabrice P. Laussy, Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and IFIMAC researcher. Polaritons arise from the strong-coupling between light and matter (1). As a particle, a polariton is...
Atomically Resolved Three-dimensional Structures of Electrolyte Aqueous Solutions Near a Solid Surface
Article: published in Nature Communications by Pedro Tarazona, Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and IFIMAC researcher. In a collaboration with experimental and theoretical groups of the ICMM-CSIC and IFIMAC-UAM, this paper presents novel experimental results obtained...
The Electric Field of CO Tips and Its Relevance for Atomic Force Microscopy
Article: published in Nano Letters by Michael Ellner, Pablo Pou and Rubén Peréz, Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and IFIMAC researchers. Frequency modulation atomic force microscopy (FM-AFM) has been recognized for a long...
Solid-state Lasers Go Nano
Article: published in Nano Letters by Jorge Bravo-Abad, Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and IFIMAC researcher. Since the first experimental demonstration of the ruby laser in 1960, the development of solid-state lasers has...
Quantum Statistics of Bosonic Cascades
Article: published in New Journal of Physics by Fabrice P. Laussy, Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and IFIMAC researcher. Quantum cascade lasers brought a new architecture of light-amplification to laser engineering, allowing a...
