3 papers
physics.chem-ph2026
Dynamic Breaking of Mirror Symmetry in Spin-Dependent Electron Transport through Chiral Media Causes Enantiomeric Excesses
Yossi Paltiel, Daniel Goldberg, Nir Yuran +9
Two fundamental questions have puzzled scientists for more than 150 years. How did life become homochiral and why was this specific handedness selected. Recently, it has been shown…
physics.chem-ph2025
Unraveling vibronic interactions in molecules functionalized with optical cycling centers
Pawel Wojcik, Haowen Zhou, Taras Khvorost +7
We report detailed characterization of the vibronic interactions between the first two electronically excited states, A and B, in SrOPh (Ph = phenyl, -C6H5) and its deuterated coun…
physics.atom-ph2025
Vibronic coupling limits the use of high-lying electronic states in complex molecules for laser cooling
Haowen Zhou, Pawel Wojcik, Guo-Zhu Zhu +7
Laser cooling of large, complex molecules is a long-standing goal, instrumental for enabling new quantum technology and precision measurements. A primary consideration for the feas…