Journal Article

PUBDB-2021-01390

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Saribal, C.CFEL*Extern* ; Owens, A. ; Yachmenev, A. (Corresponding author)CFEL*DESY* ; Küpper, J.CFEL*DESY*

2021
American Institute of Physics Melville, NY

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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1063/5.0029792  doi:10.3204/PUBDB-2021-01390

Abstract: We present a new technique for detecting chirality in the gas phase: Chiral molecules are spatially aligned in three dimensions by a moderately strong elliptically polarized laser field. The momentum distributions of the charged fragments, produced by laser-induced Coulomb explosion, show distinct three-dimensional orientation of the enantiomers when the laser polarization ellipse is rotated by a non-right angle with respect to the norm vector of the detector plane. The resulting velocity-map-image asymmetry is directly connected to the enantiomeric excess and to the absolute handedness of molecules. We demonstrated our scheme computationally for camphor (C10H16O), with its methyl groups as marker fragments, using quantum-mechanical simulations geared toward experimentally feasible conditions. Computed sensitivity to enantiomeric excess is comparable to other modern chiroptical approaches. The present method can be readily optimized for any chiral molecule with an anisotropic polarizability tensor by adjusting the polarization state and intensity profile of the laser field.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. CFEL-Coherent X-Ray Imaging (FS-CFEL-1)
2. CFEL-CMI (FS-CFEL-CMI)
3. beauftragt von UNI (UNI/CUI)
4. Uni Hamburg / Experimentalphysik (UNI/EXP)

Research Program(s):

1. 631 - Matter – Dynamics, Mechanisms and Control (POF4-631) (POF4-631)
2. DFG project 390715994 - EXC 2056: CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter (390715994) (390715994)
3. DFG project 194651731 - EXC 1074: Hamburger Zentrum für ultraschnelle Beobachtung (CUI): Struktur, Dynamik und Kontrolle von Materie auf atomarer Skala (194651731) (194651731)
4. DFG project 255652344 - SPP 1840: Quantum Dynamics in Tailored Intense Fields (QUTIF) (255652344) (255652344)
5. Ex-Net-0002-Phase2-3 - Advanced Imaging of Matter: Structure, Dynamics and Control on the Atomic Scale - AIM (2018_Ex-Net-0002-Phase2-3) (2018_Ex-Net-0002-Phase2-3)

Experiment(s):

1. No specific instrument

Appears in the scientific report 2021

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