%0 Journal Article
%A Yachmenev, Andrey
%A Onvlee, Jolijn
%A Zak, Emil
%A Owens, Alec
%A Küpper, Jochen
%T Field-induced diastereomers for chiral separation
%J Physical review letters
%V 123
%N 24
%@ 0031-9007
%C College Park, Md.
%I APS
%M PUBDB-2019-03812
%M arXiv:1905.07166
%P 243202
%D 2019
%X A novel approach for the state-specific enantiomeric enrichment and the spatial separation ofenantiomers is presented. Our scheme utilizes techniques from strong-field laser physics, specificallyan optical centrifuge in conjunction with a static electric field, to create a chiral field with definedhandedness. Molecular enantiomers experience unique rotational excitation dynamics and thiscan be exploited to spatially separate the enantiomers using electrostatic deflection. Notably, therotational-state-specific enantiomeric enhancement and its handedness is fully controllable. Toexplain these effects, the conceptual framework of field-induced diastereomers of a chiral molecule isintroduced and computationally demonstrated through robust quantum-mechanical simulations onthe prototypical chiral molecule propylene oxide (C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>6</sub>O), for which ensembles with an enantiomericexcess of up to 30 
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%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:31922822
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000501809100003
%R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.243202
%U https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/426632