摘要
Prof.SUN Changpu from the CAS Institute of Theoretical Physics and co- workers from University of Basel in Switzerland have worked out a way—at least in theory—to split a beam of molecules according to their chirality.The technique involves passing the molecules through three different laser beams and is similar to the famous Stern- Gerlach effect,whereby a beam of atoms passing through a
Prof. SUN Changpu from the CAS Institute of Theoretical Physics and coworkers from University of Basel in Switzerland have worked out a way --at least in theory --to split a beam of molecules according to their chirality. The technique involves passing the molecules through three different laser beams and is similar to the famous Stern-Gerlach effect, whereby a beam of atoms passing through a magnetic field is split in two according to the atoms＇ spin states （Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 130403）.
