Manipulating valence and core electronic excitations of a transition-metal complex using UV/Vis and X-ray cavities
Abstract
We demonstrate how optical cavities can be exploited to control both valence- and core-excitations in a prototypical model transition metal complex, ferricyanide ([Fe(iii)(CN)6]3−), in an aqueous environment. The spectroscopic signatures of hybrid light-matter polariton states are revealed in UV/Vis and X-ray absorption, and stimulated X-ray Raman signals. In an UV/Vis cavity, the absorption spectrum exhibits the single-polariton states arising from the cavity photon mode coupling to both resonant and off-resonant valence-excited states. We further show that nonlinear stimulated X-ray Raman signals can selectively probe the bipolariton statesviacavity-modified Fe core-excited states. This unveils the correlation between valence polaritons and dressed core-excitations. In an X-ray cavity, core-polaritons are generated and their correlations with the bare valence-excitations appear in the linear and nonlinear X-ray spectra.
Publication Title
Chemical Science
Recommended Citation
Gu, B., Cavaletto, S., Nascimento, D., Khalil, M., Govind, N., & Mukamel, S. (2021). Manipulating valence and core electronic excitations of a transition-metal complex using UV/Vis and X-ray cavities. Chemical Science, 12 (23), 8088-8095. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1sc01774h
