Controlling and Probing Molecular Polaritons

The goal of this chapter is to accelerate the ability of research groups to contribute quickly, accurately, and substantively to the field of cavity-modified material behaviors. The key to achieving this is lowering the barrier to entry into the field. New groups could quickly enter and contribute with accepted best practices, improved and robust experimental platforms, and easily accessible analytical procedures. The sections of this chapter are arranged to provide a simple analytical platform for describing cavity-coupled systems, highlights of nonidealities that exist in real systems and guidelines for their magnitudes and avoidance, and finally, a discussion of analytical and experimental techniques that could be adopted.