Chiral Optical Stern-Gerlach Newtonian Experiment
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Physical Review Letters. 2019-01-16, vol. 122, n° 2, p. 024301 (1--)
American Physical Society
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We report on a chiral optical Stern-Gerlach experiment where chiral liquid crystal microspheres are selectively displaced by means of optical forces arising from optical helicity gradients. The present Newtonian experimental ...Lire la suite >
We report on a chiral optical Stern-Gerlach experiment where chiral liquid crystal microspheres are selectively displaced by means of optical forces arising from optical helicity gradients. The present Newtonian experimental demonstration of an effect predicted at molecular scale [New J. Phys. 16, 013020 (2014)] is a first instrumental step in an area restricted so far to theoretical discussions. Extending the Stern-Gerlach experiment legacy to chiral light-matter interactions should foster further studies, for instance towards the elaboration of chirality-enabled quantum technologies or spin-based optoelectronics.< Réduire
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