The Goeppert Mayer Gauge - Episode 3: Polaritonic Chemistry

Episode 3: Polaritonic Chemistry

12/01/20 • 64 min

What does it sound like when you stick a molecule between two mirrors? Modal jazz, apparently! Jay guides Dugan through the world of polaritonic chemistry, where coupling between molecules and cavity modes can have some astonishing effects on the trajectories of photochemical and even non-photochemical reactions. We discuss the past, present, and future of this emerging field, including Jay's latest publication in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.

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In this special warm-up episode, we try to figure out what exactly this podcast will be. One thing's for certain: we have a lot to say about light, and not all of it is good! We then go back to our college radio roots and review Sonic Youth's 1992 album Dirty. And in keeping with the quantum theme of the show, we somehow conclude that it is both "Sonic Youth's least cool album" and "a damn solid album" simultaneously.
Although we don't know how to legally play copyrighted music in a podcast, we made a Spotify playlist with all the songs we discuss in the order in which they were mentioned. Listen to it here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Agc6udTxcO9ZwY8ogtUuk?si=FbYti27iT02yXDmR_WGXsA

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Episode 4: Terahertz

In this low-energy episode, we talk about the terahertz gap, different ways to generate and detect terahertz pulses, and why people go to the trouble anyway. This episode we also try something new - providing supplemental content using Jupyter notebooks, which you can find on our new website: https://foleylab.github.io/gmgauge/
Be sure to check out our THz inspired playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3mLENkw6EutEXHM3YHTY3k?si=2LsWd2x5Toq2JxPbM5lKGA