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ArticleNano letters2025

Microscopic Theory of Polaron-Polariton Dispersion and Propagation.

Logan Blackham, Arshath Manjalingal, Saeed Rahmanian Koshkaki, Arkajit Mandal

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Article in Nano letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Nano letters · 2026
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  4. Mechanistic Principles of Exciton-Polariton Relaxation.The journal of physical chemistry letters · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Logan BlackhamDepartment of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.
Arshath ManjalingalDepartment of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.ORCID 0009-0008-3261-9699
Saeed Rahmanian KoshkakiDepartment of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5557-4509
Arkajit MandalDepartment of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9088-2980

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We develop an analytical, microscopic theory to describe polaron-polariton dispersion, formed by hybridizing excitons, photons, and phonons, as well as their coherent dynamics inside optical cavities. Starting from a microscopic light-matter Hamiltonian, we derive a simple analytical model by employing a nonperturbative treatment of the phonon and photon couplings to excitons. Within our theoretical framework, phonons are treated as classical fields, which are then quantized via the Floquet formalism. We show that, to a good approximation, the entire polaron-polariton system can be described with a band picture despite the phonons breaking translational symmetry. Our theory also sheds light on the long-lived coherent ballistic motion of exciton-polaritons with high excitonic character that propagate with group velocities lower than expected from pure exciton-polariton bands, offering a microscopic explanation for these puzzling experimental observations.

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Cavity Quantum ElectrodynamicsExciton-Polariton dispersionExciton-PolaritonsExciton-Polariton transportLight-Matter Interactions

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PMID41115176
PMCPMC12593387

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