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Energy Transfer between Spatially Separated Entangled Molecules
Author(s) -
Zhong Xiaolan,
Chervy Thibault,
Zhang Lei,
Thomas Anoop,
George Jino,
Genet Cyriaque,
Hutchison James A.,
Ebbesen Thomas W.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201703539
Subject(s) - delocalized electron , energy transfer , cyanine , coupling (piping) , acceptor , physics , dissipative system , molecular physics , atomic physics , chemical physics , field (mathematics) , resonant inductive coupling , coupling strength , materials science , quantum mechanics , condensed matter physics , mathematics , pure mathematics , metallurgy , fluorescence
Light–matter strong coupling allows for the possibility of entangling the wave functions of different molecules through the light field. We hereby present direct evidence of non‐radiative energy transfer well beyond the Förster limit for spatially separated donor and acceptor cyanine dyes strongly coupled to a cavity. The transient dynamics and the static spectra show an energy transfer efficiency approaching 37 % for donor–acceptor distances ≥100 nm. In such systems, the energy transfer process becomes independent of distance as long as the coupling strength is maintained. This is consistent with the entangled and delocalized nature of the polaritonic states.