Ab initio calculations of quantum light-matter interactions in general electromagnetic environments

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2305.02391v4
• Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 09:47:19 GMT
• Title: Ab initio calculations of quantum light-matter interactions in general electromagnetic environments
• Authors: Mark Kamper Svendsen, Kristian Sommer Thygesen, Angel Rubio and Johannes Flick
• Abstract summary: We present the first method which can quantitatively describe both the electronic system and general electromagnetic environments from first principles. Our work is a step towards parameter-free ab initio calculations for strongly coupled quantum light-matter systems.
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• Abstract: The emerging field of strongly coupled light-matter systems has drawn significant attention in recent years due to the prospect of altering physical and chemical properties of molecules and materials. Because this emerging field draws on ideas from both condensed-matter physics and quantum optics, it has attracted attention from theoreticians from both fields. While the former employ accurate descriptions of the electronic structure of the matter the description of the electromagnetic environment is often oversimplified. Contrastingly, the latter often employs sophisticated descriptions of the electromagnetic environment, while using simple few-level approximations for the matter. Both approaches are problematic because the oversimplified descriptions of the electronic system are incapable of describing effects such as light-induced structural changes, while the oversimplified descriptions of the electromagnetic environments can lead to unphysical predictions because the light-matter interactions strengths are misrepresented. Here we overcome these shortcomings and present the first method which can quantitatively describe both the electronic system and general electromagnetic environments from first principles. We realize this by combining macroscopic QED (MQED) with Quantum Electrodynamical Density-functional Theory. To exemplify this approach, we consider an absorbing spherical cavity and study the impact of different parameters of both the environment and the electronic system on the transition from weak-to-strong coupling for different aromatic molecules. As part of this work, we also provide an easy-to-use tool to calculate the cavity coupling strengths for simple cavity setups. Our work is a step towards parameter-free ab initio calculations for strongly coupled quantum light-matter systems and will help bridge the gap between theoretical methods and experiments in the field.

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