Fig. 2: Decrease in the rate constant as increasing light-matter couplings.
From: Cavity frequency-dependent theory for vibrational polariton chemistry
a Infrared absorption spectrum by changing the normalized light-matter coupling strength η (see Eq (2)). b The transmission coefficient κ (under the limit t → tp) under various light-matter coupling strength (indicated by ΩR) at the resonant frequency ℏωc = ℏω0 = 0.1706 eV. c The "effective change" of the Gibbs free energy barrier Δ(ΔG‡) with respect to the coupling strength ΩR at 300 K. d Time-dependent transmission coefficient κ(t) at various light-matter coupling strengths at the resonant frequency ℏωc = 0.1706 eV. e, f Cavity Born–Oppenheimer surfaces \({\hat{V}}_{{\rm{CBO}}}(R,{q}_{{\rm{c}}})\) at η = 0.047 and η = 0.376, respectively, with representative reactive trajectories indicated with black solid lines.
