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The Jahn-Teller effect (JTE) reduces the geometrical symmetry of a system with degenerate electronic states via vibronic coupling, playing a pivotal role in molecular and condensed systems. In this Letter, we propose that vibrational…
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In vibrational strong coupling (VSC), molecular vibrations strongly interact with the modes of an optical cavity to form hybrid light-matter states known as vibrational polaritons. Experiments show that the kinetics of thermally activated…