Enantio-detection via cavity-assisted three-photon processes
Abstract
We propose a method for enantio-detection of chiral molecules based on a cavity-molecule system, where the left- and right-handed molecules are coupled with a cavity and two classical light fields to form cyclic three-level models. Via the cavity-assisted three-photon processes based on the cyclic three-level model, photons are generated continuously in the cavity even in the absence of external driving to the cavity. However, the photonic fields generated from the three-photon processes of left- and right-handed molecules differ with the phase difference π according to the inherent properties of electric-dipole transition moments of enantiomers. This provides a potential way to detect the enantiomeric excess of chiral mixture by monitoring the output field of the cavity.
- Publication:
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Optics Express
- Pub Date:
- October 2021
- DOI:
- 10.1364/OE.436211
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2101.06624
- Bibcode:
- 2021OExpr..2936132C
- Keywords:
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- Quantum Physics;
- Physics - Optics
- E-Print:
- 13 pages, 5 figures