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Geometry of chiral temporal structures. II. The formalism

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: We develop a mathematical formalism underlying the emergence of enantiosensitive molecular orientation due to photoionization or photoexitation of chiral molecules. We consider geometric quantities such as the Berry connection and Berry curvature in light-driven chiral electronic states in the space of complex light polarization vectors. The parametric dependence of the light-driven electronic wave function on such vectors is based on various possible mutual orientations between the laser field and a chiral molecule. Using the tools of differential geometry, we show how the enantiosensitive observables arise from the geometry of the molecular response in such spaces.

Source: Physical Review A

DOI: 10.1103/88lx-sppq

Authors: Aycke Roos, Pablo M. Maier, Andres F. Ordonez, Olga Smirnova

Institutions: Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Imperial College London, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Technische Universität Berlin

Language: English

Topic: Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,675

Funder: H2020 European Research Council