Quantum control of chiral observables (C05*)

• Subject Area: Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 328961117

Chiral observables allow for differentiating left-handed from right-handed chiral molecules despite random orientation of the molecules in space. In view of optimally multiplexing chiral observables, we seek to un-derstand how the chiral nuclear scaffold is imprinted on experimental observables measured in photoioniza-tion experiments and how rotational, respectively vibrational, dynamics and the coupling of multiple degrees of freedom affect chiral observables and their controllability. Ab initio based quantum dynamics methods and quantum control theory shall be employed to this end.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1319: Extreme light for sensing and driving molecular chirality (ELCH)
• Applicant Institution: Universität Kassel
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Christiane Koch; Dr. Daniel Reich