Fig. 6: Time evolution of the populations of the polaritonic states in the resonant strong coupling case.
From: Dynamics of a light-driven molecular rotary motor in an optical cavity
a Population dynamics during the ZM → EP photoreaction. b Population dynamics during the EP → ZM photoreaction. c Location of the ZM → EP trajectories at specific instances of time shown on scanned surfaces of the upper polaritonic (yellowish colours) \(\vert {\Phi }_{2}^{A}\big\rangle\) state, lower polaritonic (greenish colours) \(\vert {\Phi }_{1}^{A}\big\rangle\) state, and the ground polaritonic (purplish colours) \(\vert {\Phi }_{0}^{A}\big\rangle\) state with respect to the dihedral (dih) and pyramidalization (pyr) angles. The squares show trajectory points at 5 fs, the triangles at 300 fs, and the circles at 3.5 ps propagation time. The yellow markers show trajectories residing in the \(\vert {\Phi }_{2}^{A}\big\rangle\) state, the green markers show trajectories in the \(\vert {\Phi }_{1}^{A}\big\rangle\) state, and the purple markers the trajectories in the \(\vert {\Phi }_{0}^{A}\big\rangle\) state. d The same for the EP → ZM photoreaction. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
