Raman optical activity using twisted photons

Forbes, Kayn A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8884-3496 (2019) Raman optical activity using twisted photons. Physical Review Letters, 122 (10). ISSN 0031-9007

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Abstract

Raman optical activity underpins a powerful vibrational spectroscopic technique for obtaining detailed structural information about chiral molecular species. The effect centers on the discriminatory interplay between the handedness of material chirality with that of circularly polarized light. Twisted light possessing an optical orbital angular momentum carries helical phase fronts that screw either clockwise or anticlockwise and, thus, possess a handedness that is completely distinct from the polarization. Here a novel form of Raman optical activity that is sensitive to the handedness of the incident twisted photons through a spin-orbit interaction of light is identified, representing a new chiroptical spectroscopic technique.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: physics and astronomy(all) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3100
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry
UEA Research Groups: 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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Date Deposited: 29 Mar 2019 11:30
Last Modified: 04 Mar 2024 17:47
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/70374
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.103201

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