Journal Articles Physical Review A Year : 2024

Quantum control of ro-vibrational dynamics and application to light-induced molecular chirality

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Achiral molecules can be made temporarily chiral by excitation with electric fields, in the sense that an average over molecular orientations displays a net chiral signal [Tikhonov et al., Sci. Adv. 8, eade0311 (2022)]. Here, we go beyond the assumption of molecular orientations to remain fixed during the excitation process. Treating both rotations and vibrations quantum mechanically, we identify conditions for the creation of chiral vibrational wavepackets -- with net chiral signals -- in ensembles of achiral molecules which are initially randomly oriented. Based on the analysis of symmetry and controllability, we derive excitation schemes for the creation of chiral wavepackets using a combination of (a) microwave and IR pulses and (b) a static field and a sequence of IR pulses. These protocols leverage quantum rotational dynamics for pump-probe spectroscopy of chiral vibrational dynamics, extending the latter to regions of the electromagnetic spectrum other than the UV.
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hal-04254059 , version 1 (23-10-2023)

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Monika Leibscher, Eugenio Pozzoli, Alexander Blech, Mario Sigalotti, Ugo Boscain, et al.. Quantum control of ro-vibrational dynamics and application to light-induced molecular chirality. Physical Review A, 2024, 109 (012810). ⟨hal-04254059⟩
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