%0 Electronic Article
%A Yachmenev, Andrey
%A Onvlee, Jolijn
%A Zak, Emil
%A Owens, Alec
%A Küpper, Jochen
%T Field-Induced Diastereomers for Chiral Separation
%N arXiv:1905.07166
%M PUBDB-2024-05026
%M arXiv:1905.07166
%D 2019
%X A novel approach for the state-specific enantiomeric enrichment and the spatial separation of enantiomers is presented. Our scheme utilizes techniques from strong-field laser physics, specifically an optical centrifuge in conjunction with a static electric field, to create a chiral field with defined handedness. Molecular enantiomers experience unique rotational excitation dynamics and this can be exploited to spatially separate the enantiomers using electrostatic deflection. Notably, the rotational-state-specific enantiomeric enhancement and its handedness is fully controllable. To explain these effects, we introduce the conceptual framework of field\text−induced diastereomers of a chiral molecule and perform robust quantum mechanical simulations on the prototypical chiral molecule propylene oxide (C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>6</sub>O), for which ensembles with an enantiomeric excess of up to 30 % were obtained.
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)25
%9 Preprint
%$ pmid:31922822
%U https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/611712