Macroscopic vibrational states of a cavity (bluish purple) are driven via a pump (blue), coupling molecular vibrations (purple) to a cavity polariton BEC (green).

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Sympathetic Mechanism for Vibrational Condensation Enabled by Polariton Optomechanical Interaction
Vladislav Yu. Shishkov, Evgeny S. Andrianov, Sergei Tretiak, K. Birgitta Whaley, and Anton V. Zasedatelev
Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 186903 (2024)

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