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Forbes, Kayn A. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8884-3496 and Andrews, David L.
(2015)
Chiral discrimination in optical binding.
Physical Review A (PRA), 91.
ISSN 1094-1622
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Abstract
The laser-induced intermolecular force that exists between two or more particles in the presence of an electromagnetic field is commonly termed “optical binding.” Distinct from the single-particle forces that are at play in optical trapping at the molecular level, the phenomenon of optical binding is a manifestation of the coupling between optically induced dipole moments in neutral particles. In other, more widely known areas of optics, there are many examples of chiral discrimination—signifying the different response a chiral material has to the handedness of an optical input. In the present analysis, extending previous work on chiral discrimination in optical binding, a mechanism is identified using a quantum electrodynamical approach. It is shown that the optical binding force between a pair of chiral molecules can be significantly discriminatory in nature, depending upon both the handedness of the interacting particles and the polarization of the incident light, and it is typically several orders of magnitude larger than previously reported.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry (former - to 2024) Faculty of Science |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Physical and Analytical Chemistry (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Light and Energy Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Photonics and Quantum Science |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jan 2016 13:06 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Dec 2024 01:24 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/56842 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevA.91.053824 |
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