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Strong Coupling in Chiral Cavities: Nonperturbative Framework for Enantiomer Discrimination

Rosario R. Riso, Laura Grazioli, Enrico Ronca, Tommaso Giovannini, Henrik Koch

2023Physical Review X45 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Strongly coupling chiral molecules to circularly polarized light in an optical cavity give the two mirror-image forms of these molecules different energies, suggesting a viable way to differentiate between them.

Topics & Concepts

Coupling (piping)PhysicsMoleculeEnantiomerChirality (physics)Circular polarizationMolecular physicsChemical physicsOpticsQuantum mechanicsChiral anomalyChemistryFermionMaterials scienceStereochemistryMetallurgyNambu–Jona-Lasinio modelMicrostripStrong Light-Matter InteractionsQuantum Information and CryptographyCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates