Dissecting Exciton-Polariton Transport in Organic Molecular Crystals: Emerging Conductivity Assisted by Intermolecular Vibrational Coupling

TL;DR

This study explores how intermolecular vibrational coupling influences exciton-polariton transport in organic molecular crystals, revealing that vibrational interactions can enhance conductivity and mobility despite dynamic disorder.

Contribution

It demonstrates that vibrational coupling can facilitate exciton-polariton transport and provides insights into tuning material properties via photon-mediated current mechanisms.

Findings

Vibrational coupling broadens electronic bands and affects spectral properties.

Photon-mediated current enhances charge mobility and conductivity.

Dynamic disorder can be mitigated by vibrational interactions, improving transport.

Abstract

In this work, we systematically investigate the spectral and transport properties of exciton-polaritons under the explicit influence of intermolecular vibrational coupling, which introduces dynamic disorder. In the context of a one-dimensional molecular chain strongly interacting with a cavity photon, we demonstrate the polaritonic characteristics of the spectral function and its interactions with the electronic band broadened by the coupling disorder. We further dissect the current flux into its bare excitonic contribution and transport via the cavity photon. Our results reveal that the enhancement in the charge carrier mobility and frequency-resolved conductivity stems from the photon-mediated current. More importantly, contrary to the intuition that dynamic disorder hinders transport, intermolecular vibrational coupling can facilitate exciton-polariton transport, offering an additional degree of tunability for material properties.