Hartree method for molecular polaritons

Abstract: The formation of the composite photonic-excitonic particle, known as a polariton, is a phenomenon emerging in materials possessing strong coupling to light. The organic-based materials besides the strong light-matter coupling also demonstrate strong interaction of electronic and vibrational degrees of freedom. We study the vibration-assisted polariton wavefunction evolution treating both types of interactions as equally strong. Using the multiconfiguration Hartree approach we derive the equations of motion for the polariton wavefunction, where the vibration degrees of freedom interact with the polariton quantum field through the mean-field Hartree term.