Today we are witnessing the electric–dipole revolution in chiral measurements. Here we
reflect on its lessons and outcomes, such as the perspective on chiral measurements using …

Optical binding is a laser-induced inter-particle force that exists between two or more
particles subjected to off-resonant light. It is one of the key tools in optical manipulation of …

Optical forces are involved in many physical processes and are used routinely in the
laboratory for manipulating and cooling matter, from the micro down to the quantum scales. It …

Enantiomer separation is a critical step in many chemical syntheses, particularly for
pharmaceuticals, but prevailing chemical methods remain inefficient. Here, we introduce an …

The question of how the orbital angular momentum of structured light might engage with
chiral matter is a topic of resurgent interest. By taking account of electric quadrupole …

Structured light, which exhibits nontrivial intensity, phase, and polarization patterns in space,
has key applications ranging from imaging and 3D micromanipulation to classical and …

The identification and separation of substances by chirality has always been an important
problem in biomedical research and industry. Light beams carry optical momentum, and can …

Chirality is a central feature in the evolution of biological systems, but the reason for
biology's strong preference for specific chiralities of amino acids, sugars, and other …

Chiral molecules are ubiquitous in nature; many important synthetic chemicals and drugs
are chiral. Detecting chiral molecules and separating the enantiomers is difficult because …

Using a microwave-regime cyclic three-state configuration, enantiomer-selective state
transfer (ESST) is carried out through two-path interference between a direct one-photon …