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  • Physical chemistry
  • Spectroscopy

Background:

  • Vibrational strong coupling (VSC) is a phenomenon where molecular vibrations interact strongly with electromagnetic fields.
  • Understanding quantum effects in VSC is crucial for accurately modeling chemical and physical processes.
  • Previous studies have explored VSC, but the role of nuclear and photonic quantum effects in the collective regime remains an active area of research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To perform a quantum simulation of VSC in liquid water using thermostated ring-polymer molecular dynamics (TRPMD).
  • To investigate the impact of nuclear and photonic quantum effects on VSC phenomena, including Rabi splitting and polaritonic line widths.
  • To compare simulation results with classical calculations and recent experimental findings regarding the static dielectric constant of water under VSC.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized thermostated ring-polymer molecular dynamics (TRPMD) for quantum simulations.
  • Simulated a collection of liquid-phase water molecules resonantly coupled to a single lossless cavity mode.
  • Compared results from quantum simulations with fully classical calculations.

Main Results:

  • Quantum simulations showed no change in Rabi splitting compared to classical calculations.
  • Polaritonic line widths were broadened by approximately a factor of 2 in the quantum simulations.
  • Both quantum and classical simulations predicted no significant change in the static dielectric constant of liquid water inside versus outside the cavity.

Conclusions:

  • The inclusion of nuclear and photonic quantum effects in TRPMD simulations of VSC in liquid water broadens polaritonic line widths but does not affect Rabi splitting.
  • The simulation results disagree with a recent experiment that reported a resonant enhancement of the static dielectric constant of liquid water under VSC.
  • Discrepancies suggest potential limitations of the TRPMD approach or unexplored experimental factors influencing the dielectric constant in VSC conditions.