On the deracemization of a chiral molecular beam by interaction with circularly polarized light

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 221, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 273-276

  Kucirka, Jerry ^a   Shekhtman, Alexander G ^b  

^a WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BEAMS; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LENSES; MIRRORS; MOLECULAR BEAMS; MOLECULES;

CHIRAL MIRRORS; CHIRAL MOLECULE; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LASERS; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; DE-RACEMIZATION; NEUTRAL ATOMS; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; SPECIFIC INTERACTION;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0042094351     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0375-9601(96)00555-5     Document Type: Article

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