Photon-mediated chiral interactions for enantiomer detection and separation (C06*)

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

We study interactions of photons with chiral molecules on the basis of macroscopic quantum electrodynam-ics. This allows us to predict to what extent the resulting forces as well as energy dissipation and transfer phenomena depend of the handedness of a molecule. Such discriminatory effects shall be used to distin-guish and separate enantiomers. They can be enhanced or even induced by magnetodielectric environ-ments.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1319: Extreme light for sensing and driving molecular chirality (ELCH)
• Applicant Institution: Universität Kassel
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Stefan Yoshi Buhmann