Photoexcitation circular dichroism in chiral molecules

• Published in: Nature physics Vol. 14; no. 5; pp. 484 - 489
• Main Authors: Beaulieu, S., Comby, A., Descamps, D., Fabre, B., Garcia, G. A., Géneaux, R., Harvey, A. G., Légaré, F., Mašín, Z., Nahon, L., Ordonez, A. F., Petit, S., Pons, B., Mairesse, Y., Smirnova, O., Blanchet, V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.05.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 119/118; 140/125; 639/766/36/1121; 639/766/36/1122; Atomic; Chemical Physics; Chiral dynamics; Classical and Continuum Physics; Complex Systems; Condensed Matter Physics; Dichroism; Electric fields; Electrons; Light; Magnetic effects; Magnetic fields; Magnetic properties; Mathematical and Computational Physics; Metamaterials; Molecular; Molecular chains; Optical and Plasma Physics; Particle physics; Photoabsorption; Photoexcitation; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Polarized light; Theoretical

Chiral effects appear in a wide variety of natural phenomena and are of fundamental importance in science, from particle physics to metamaterials. The standard technique of chiral discrimination—photoabsorption circular dichroism—relies on the magnetic properties of a chiral medium and yields an ext...