Revisiting cavity-coupled 2DIR: A classical approach implicates reservoir modes

作者：Cynthia G. Pyles, Blake S. Simpkins, I. Vurgaftman, Jeffrey C. Owrutsky, Adam D. Dunkelberger · 发表于：The Journal of Chemical Physics · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1063/5.0239301 · 被引用次数：13 · 研究领域：Strong Light-Matter Interactions、Quantum and electron transport phenomena、Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research

Significant debate surrounds the origin of nonlinear optical responses from cavity-coupled molecular vibrations. Several groups, including our own, have previously assigned portions of the nonlinear response to polariton excited-state transitions. Here, we report a new method to approximate two-dimensional infrared spectra under vibrational strong coupling, which properly accounts for inhomogeneous broadening. We find excellent agreement between this model and experimental results for prototypical systems exhibiting both homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadening. This work implies that reservoir excitation is solely responsible for all optical response measured after the polariton modes dephase and represents an important new method for predicting and interpreting the nonlinear optical response of molecular vibrational polaritons.