Photoinduced separation of chiral isomers in a classical buffer gas
We develop a theory of photoinduced drift of chiral molecules or small particles in classical buffer gases. In the absence of a magnetic field there exists a flux of chiral molecules, provided the electromagnetic field is circularly polarized. It has opposite signs for different chiral isomers. In t...
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| Published in | Physical review letters Vol. 102; no. 6; p. 063004 |
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| Main Authors | , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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United States
13.02.2009
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| Summary: | We develop a theory of photoinduced drift of chiral molecules or small particles in classical buffer gases. In the absence of a magnetic field there exists a flux of chiral molecules, provided the electromagnetic field is circularly polarized. It has opposite signs for different chiral isomers. In the presence of a magnetic field the flux can be also induced by a linearly polarized (or unpolarized) electromagnetic field. The magnitude of the flux is not proportional to either linear or orbital momentum of the electromagnetic field. |
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| ISSN: | 0031-9007 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.063004 |