Strong light–matter coupling in quantum cavities provides a pathway to break fundamental materials symmetries, like time-reversal symmetry in chiral cavities. This Comment discusses the potential to realize non-equilibrium states of matter that have so far been only accessible in ultrafast and ultrastrong laser-driven materials.
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We are grateful to S. A. Sato, D. Shin, M. A. Sentef, E. Ronca, S. Latini, D. Basov, J.-M. Triscone, A. Pasupathy, E. Demler, A. Cavalleri, A. Imamoglu, J. Flick, A. Georges and A. Millis for the fruitful discussion. We acknowledge financial support from the European Research Council (ERC-2015-AdG-694097), SNF project 200020_192330 and the Cluster of Excellence Advanced Imaging of Matter (AIM) EXC 2056-390715994. The Flatiron Institute is a division of the Simons Foundation. Support by the Max Planck — New York City Center for Non-Equilibrium Quantum Phenomena is acknowledged.
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Hübener, H., De Giovannini, U., Schäfer, C. et al. Engineering quantum materials with chiral optical cavities. Nat. Mater. 20, 438–442 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-00801-7
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