| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3369 |
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| Author | Search for: Cireasa, R.; Search for: Boguslavskiy, A. E.1; Search for: Pons, B.; Search for: Wong, M. C. H.; Search for: Descamps, D.; Search for: Petit, S.; Search for: Ruf, H.; Search for: Thiré, N.; Search for: Ferré, A.; Search for: Suarez, J.; Search for: Higuet, J.; Search for: Schmidt, B. E.; Search for: Alharbi, A. F.; Search for: Légaré, F.; Search for: Blanchet, V.; Search for: Fabre, B.; Search for: Patchkovskii, S.1; Search for: Smirnova, O.; Search for: Mairesse, Y.; Search for: Bhardwaj, V. R. |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. Security and Disruptive Technologies
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | chemical physics; high-harmonic generation; ultrafast photonics |
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| Abstract | Chiral molecules that are non-superimposable mirror images of each other, known as enantiomers, have identical chemical and physical properties unless they interact with another chiral entity, such as chiral light. Chiroptical effects arising from such interactions are used to detect enantiomers in mixtures and to induce enantioselective synthesis and catalysis. Chiroptical effects often arise from the interplay between light-induced electric- and magnetic-dipole transitions in a molecule and evolve on ultrafast electronic timescales. Here we use high-harmonic generation from a randomly oriented gas of molecules subjected to an intense laser field, to probe chiral interactions on these sub-femtosecond timescales. We show that a slight disparity in the laser-driven electron dynamics in the two enantiomers is recorded and amplified by several orders of magnitude in the harmonic spectra. Our work shows that chiroptical detection can go beyond detecting chiral structure to resolving and controlling chiral dynamics on electronic timescales. |
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| Publication date | 2015-06-29 |
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| Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 23001586 |
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| Record identifier | 9ad9977e-44c7-417b-8cee-7744bdb450cc |
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| Record created | 2017-03-08 |
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| Record modified | 2020-04-22 |
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