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In molecular photochemistry, the non-equilibrium character and subsequentultrafast relaxation dynamics of photoexcitations near the Franck-Condon regionlimit the control of their chemical reactivity. We address how to harnessstrong light-matter coupling in optical microcavities to isolate andpreferentially select specific reaction pathways out of the myriad ofpossibilities present in large-scale complex systems. Using Fermi's Golden Ruleand realistic molecular parameters, we estimate the extent to which molecularconfigurations can be "locked" into non-equilibrium excited stateconfigurations for timescales well beyond their natural relaxation times. Forupper polaritons--which are largely excitonic in character, molecular systemscan be locked into their ground state geometries for tens to thousands ofpicoseconds and varies with the strength of the exciton/phonon coupling(Huang-Rhys parameter). On the other hand, relaxed LP lifetimes are nearlyuniformly distributed between 2.1-2.4\,ps and are nearly independent of theHuang-Rhys parameter.

Freezing molecules with light: How long can one maintain a non-equilibrium molecular geometry by strong light-matter coupling?