Nonlinear Freezing of Vibrational Polariton Transport via Mesoscale Simulations
Abstract
Two-dimensional real-space imaging of vibrational polariton transport in planar Fabry--Pérot microcavities is numerically simulated via the mesoscale cavity molecular dynamics approach, which self-consistently propagates ∼ 2×104 realistic molecular simulation cells on a two-dimensional grid coupled to the same number of cavity modes. Beyond the well-known polariton ballistic-to-diffusive turnover in the linear response regime, these atomistic simulations reveal a nonlinear freezing mechanism of vibrational polariton transport, i.e., under strong pumping of the upper polariton, the initially ballistically propagating upper polariton completely freezes and localizes energy to molecules at specific locations. This mechanism originates from pump-induced breaking of the in-plane translation symmetry: significant molecular excitations at the pulse hot spot broaden the polariton density of states, thus funneling population to the k∥→ 0 band edge with vanishing group velocities. Overall, our work provides numerical insights for exploring novel mechanisms of vibrational polaritons.
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BibTeX
@misc{ji2026nonlinear,
title = {{Nonlinear Freezing of Vibrational Polariton Transport via Mesoscale Simulations}},
author = {Xinwei Ji and Tao E. Li},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2606.27463},
eprint = {2606.27463},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.27463},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Nonlinear Freezing of Vibrational Polariton Transport via Mesoscale Simulations
AU - Xinwei Ji
AU - Tao E. Li
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/09
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2606.27463
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.27463
AB - Two-dimensional real-space imaging of vibrational polariton transport in planar Fabry--Pérot microcavities is numerically simulated via the mesoscale cavity molecular dynamics approach, which self-consistently propagates ∼ 2×10^4 realistic molecular simulation cells on a two-dimensional grid coupled to the same number of cavity modes. Beyond the well-known polariton ballistic-to-diffusive turnover in the linear response regime, these atomistic simulations reveal a nonlinear freezing mechanism of vibrational polariton transport, i.e., under strong pumping of the upper polariton, the initially ballistically propagating upper polariton completely freezes and localizes energy to molecules at specific locations. This mechanism originates from pump-induced breaking of the in-plane translation symmetry: significant molecular excitations at the pulse hot spot broaden the polariton density of states, thus funneling population to the k_∥→ 0 band edge with vanishing group velocities. Overall, our work provides numerical insights for exploring novel mechanisms of vibrational polaritons.
ER -