Enantio-detection via the cavity-assisted three-photon process

Abstract

We propose a method for enantio-detection of chiral molecules based on a cavitymolecules system, where the leftand righthanded molecules are coupled with a cavity and two classical light fields to form cyclic three-level models. Via the cavity-assisted three-photon processes based on the cyclic three-level model, photons are generated continuously in the cavity even in the absence of external driving to the cavity. However, the photonic fields generated from the three-photon processes of leftand righthanded molecules differ with the phase difference c according to the inherent properties of electric-dipole transition moments of enantiomers. This provides a potential way to detect the enantiomeric excess of chiral mixture by monitoring the output field of the cavity. © 2021 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement