Photoexcitation Circular Dichroism in Chiral Molecules (IMAGE)

Institut national de la recherche scientifique - INRS

Photoexcitation Circular Dichroism in Chiral Molecules

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Following excitation by an ultra-short circularly polarized laser pulse, electrons follow a right or left helix depending on the handedness of the molecular structure.

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Samuel Beaulieu and Yann Mairesse

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