We propose an approach for separating nuclear spin isomers with coherent light and illustrate it by numerical calculations using fulvene as a model system. The scheme employs the equivalence of torsion and interchange of equivalent H-atoms in a class of molecules of which fulvene is a simple example. The exchange symmetry couples with the rotational symmetry to produce a spatial distinction between the two photo-excited nuclear spin isomers, and wavepacket interferometry is applied to separate the species. © 2007 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.
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Deeb, O., Leibscher, M., Manz, J., Von Muellern, W., & Seideman, T. (2007). Toward separation of nuclear spin isomers with coherent light. ChemPhysChem, 8(2), 322–328. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200600543
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