ERC Advanced Grant · 2021
Ultrafast molecular chirality: twisting light to twist electrons on ultrafast time scale
Chiral molecules are characterized by specific stereo arrangements of their nuclei underlying their key function in chemistry and biology. Yet, little is known about chiral molecular interactions at the level of electrons, occurring on the ultrafast time scale. Developing extremely efficient enantio-sensitive ultrafast all-optical approaches to track electronic dynamics is an important unsolved challenge. We aim to address it in ULISSES – a multidisciplinary project at the interface of physical chemistry, strong-field physics, ultrafast and nonlinear optics. We plan to take advantage of the chiral electron currents, which arise naturally in chiral molecules interacting with sufficiently…
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