Selective preparation of enantiomers by laser pulses: From optimal control to specific pump and dump transitions
Selective preparation of enantiomers by laser pulses: From optimal control to specific pump and dump transitions
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通过激光脉冲选择性制备对映体:从最佳控制到特定的泵浦和转储转变
DOI:
10.1063/1.1310595
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发表时间:
2000
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Y. Ohtsuki
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作者:
L. González;K. Hoki;D. Kröner;A. Leal;J. Manz;Y. Ohtsuki
Starting from optimal control, various series of infrared, ultrashort laser pulses with analytical shapes are designed in order to drive a preoriented molecule from its ground torsional state, which represents the coherent superposition of left and right atropisomers, towards a single enantiomer. Close analysis of the population dynamics, together with the underlying symmetry selection rules for the laser induced transitions, yields the mechanism. Namely, the molecule is driven from its ground vibrational state towards the coherent superposition of the lowest doublet of states via a doublet of excited torsional states with opposite symmetries. This pump-and-dump mechanism can be achieved by simpler series of analytical laser pulses. This decomposition of the optimal pulse into analytical subpulses allows us to design different scenarios for the selective preparation of left or right enantiomers. Exemplary this is demonstrated by quantum simulations of representative wave packets for the torsional motions ...