Requirements for probing chiral Casimir-Polder forces in a molecular Talbot-Lau interferometer

Autor(en)

Fumika Suzuki, S. A. Shah, Diego A.R. Dalvit, Markus Arndt

Abstrakt

We theoretically investigate the influence of chiral Casimir-Polder (CP) forces in Talbot-Lau interferometry, based on three nanomechanical gratings. We study scenarios where the second grating is either directly written into a chiral material or where the nanomask is coated with chiral substances. We show requirements for probing enantiospecific effects in matter-wave interferometry in the transmission signal and the interference fringe visibility, which depend on the de Broglie wavelength and the molecular chirality. The proposed setup is particularly sensitive to CP forces in the nonretarded regime where chiral effects can be comparable in magnitude to their electric and magnetic counterparts. While the first and third gratings do not change the phase of the matter wave, applying a coating of chiral substances to them enhances the instrument's chiral selectivity.

Organisation(en)

Quantenoptik, Quantennanophysik und Quanteninformation

Externe Organisation(en)

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Journal

Physical Review Research

Band

6

Anzahl der Seiten

10

ISSN

2643-1564

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2402.10391

Publikationsdatum

05-2024

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

103026 Quantenoptik, 103006 Chemische Physik

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeine Physik und Astronomie

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/ebc069cc-7370-4a23-9df6-563376efd69a