Rational Pulse Design for Enantiomer-Selective Microwave Three-Wave Mixing
Microwave three-wave mixing allows for enantiomer-selective excitation of randomly oriented chiral molecules into rotational states with different energy. The random orientation of molecules is reflected in the degeneracy of the rotational spectrum with respect to the orientational quantum number &l...
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| author | Monika Leibscher Jonas Kalveram Christiane P. Koch |
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| description | Microwave three-wave mixing allows for enantiomer-selective excitation of randomly oriented chiral molecules into rotational states with different energy. The random orientation of molecules is reflected in the degeneracy of the rotational spectrum with respect to the orientational quantum number <i>M</i> and reduces, if not accounted for, enantiomer-selectivity. Here, we show how to design pulse sequences with maximal enantiomer-selectivity from an analysis of the <i>M</i>-dependence of the Rabi frequencies associated with rotational transitions induced by resonant microwave drives. We compare different excitations schemes for rotational transitions and show that maximal enantiomer-selectivity at a given rotational temperature is achieved for synchronized three-wave mixing with circularly polarized fields. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-59abaacda0754466a38ca1b9ebb216b92023-11-23T13:17:26ZengMDPI AGSymmetry2073-89942022-04-0114587110.3390/sym14050871Rational Pulse Design for Enantiomer-Selective Microwave Three-Wave MixingMonika Leibscher0Jonas Kalveram1Christiane P. Koch2Theoretische Physik, Universität Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Straße 40, 34132 Kassel, GermanyTheoretische Physik, Universität Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Straße 40, 34132 Kassel, GermanyTheoretische Physik, Universität Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Straße 40, 34132 Kassel, GermanyMicrowave three-wave mixing allows for enantiomer-selective excitation of randomly oriented chiral molecules into rotational states with different energy. The random orientation of molecules is reflected in the degeneracy of the rotational spectrum with respect to the orientational quantum number <i>M</i> and reduces, if not accounted for, enantiomer-selectivity. Here, we show how to design pulse sequences with maximal enantiomer-selectivity from an analysis of the <i>M</i>-dependence of the Rabi frequencies associated with rotational transitions induced by resonant microwave drives. We compare different excitations schemes for rotational transitions and show that maximal enantiomer-selectivity at a given rotational temperature is achieved for synchronized three-wave mixing with circularly polarized fields.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/5/871microwave three-wave mixingchiral discriminationdegeneracy, quantum control |
| spellingShingle | Monika Leibscher Jonas Kalveram Christiane P. Koch Rational Pulse Design for Enantiomer-Selective Microwave Three-Wave Mixing Symmetry microwave three-wave mixing chiral discrimination degeneracy, quantum control |
| title | Rational Pulse Design for Enantiomer-Selective Microwave Three-Wave Mixing |
| title_full | Rational Pulse Design for Enantiomer-Selective Microwave Three-Wave Mixing |
| title_fullStr | Rational Pulse Design for Enantiomer-Selective Microwave Three-Wave Mixing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rational Pulse Design for Enantiomer-Selective Microwave Three-Wave Mixing |
| title_short | Rational Pulse Design for Enantiomer-Selective Microwave Three-Wave Mixing |
| title_sort | rational pulse design for enantiomer selective microwave three wave mixing |
| topic | microwave three-wave mixing chiral discrimination degeneracy, quantum control |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/5/871 |
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