Spatial enantioseparation of gaseous chiral molecules

Bo Liu, Chong Ye, C. P. Sun, Yong Li

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Abstract

We explore the spatial enantioseparation of gaseous chiral molecules for the cyclic three-level systems coupled with three electromagnetic fields. Due to molecular rotations, the specific requirements of the polarization directions of the three electromagnetic fields lead to the space-dependent part of the overall phase of the coupling strengths. Thus, the overall phase of the coupling strengths, which differs with for the enantiomers in the cyclic three-level model of chiral molecules, varies intensely in the length scale of the typical wavelength of the applied electromagnetic fields. Under the induced gauge potentials resulting from the space-dependent part of the overall phase and the space-dependent intensities of coupling strengths, we further show spatial enantioseparation for typical parameters of gaseous chiral molecules.

Original languageEnglish
Article number013113
JournalPhysical Review A
Volume104
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2021

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