Chiral rotational spectroscopy

Cameron, Robert P. and Götte, Jörg B. and Barnett, Steve M. (2016) Chiral rotational spectroscopy. Physical Review A, 94. 032505. ISSN 2469-9934 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.94.032505)

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Abstract

We introduce chiral rotational spectroscopy, a technique that enables the determination of the orientated optical activity pseudotensor components $B_{XX}$, $B_{YY}$ and $B_{ZZ}$ of chiral molecules, in a manner that reveals the enantiomeric constitution of a sample and provides an incisive signal even for a racemate. Chiral rotational spectroscopy could find particular use in the analysis of molecules that are chiral solely by virtue of their isotopic constitution and molecules with multiple chiral centers. A basic design for a chiral rotational spectrometer together with a model of its functionality is given. Our proposed technique offers the more familiar polarizability components $\alpha_{XX}$, $\alpha_{YY}$ and $\alpha_{ZZ}$ as by-products, which could see it find use even for achiral molecules.

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Cameron, Robert P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8809-5459, Götte, Jörg B. and Barnett, Steve M.;