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Simultaneous Enantiomer-Resolved Ramsey Spectroscopy Scheme for Chiral Molecules

Atomic Physics 2023-11-07 v2 Chemical Physics

Abstract

We theoretically introduce a scheme to perform Ramsey spectroscopy on a racemic mixture of chiral molecules, simultaneously extracting the transition frequencies of the left- and right-handed molecules, known as enantiomers. By taking the difference between the enantio-specific frequencies, we isolate the weak force parity violation (PV) shift, which is predicted to break the symmetry between enantiomers. To perform the scheme, we design a pulse sequence that creates enantio-specific superpositions in a three-level system using the enantiomer-dependent sign of the electric-dipole moment components' triple product. A delayed second pulse sequence completes the Ramsey interrogation sequence, enabling readout of the phase evolution for each enantiomer's transition through a separate quantum state. Our technique overcomes the need to alternate between enantio-pure samples to measure PV. We describe the advantages of the proposed method for precision metrology.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2206.03699,
  title  = {Simultaneous Enantiomer-Resolved Ramsey Spectroscopy Scheme for Chiral Molecules},
  author = {Itay Erez and Eliana Ruth Wallach and Yuval Shagam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.03699},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

9 pages, 4 figures, added 2 appendix sections

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