Enantio-detection of cyclic three-level chiral molecules in a driven cavity

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel cavity-based method for detecting the enantiomeric excess of chiral molecules by exploiting interference effects in a driven three-level cyclic system, enabling sensitive enantio-detection.

Contribution

It presents a new enantio-detection technique using cavity quantum electrodynamics and interference of photon generation processes in cyclic three-level chiral molecules.

Findings

Chiral-dependent cavity-assisted three-photon process generates intracavity photons.

Interference between chirality-dependent and independent photon processes enables enantiomeric detection.

Monitoring drive field transmission reveals enantiomeric excess.

Abstract

We propose an enantio-detection method of chiral molecules in a cavity with external drive. The chiral molecules are coupled with a quantized cavity field and two classical light fields to form the cyclic three-level systems. The chirality-dependent cavity-assisted three-photon process in the three-level systems leads to the generation of intracavity photons. Simultaneously, the drive field also results in the chirality-independent process of the generation of intracavity photons. Based on the interference between the intracavity photons generated from these two processes, one can detect the enantiomeric excess of chiral mixture via monitoring the transmission rate of the drive field.