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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15592 |
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| author | Paul, Ashis Venturi, Matteo Adhikary, Raju Salvitti, Giovanna Toma, Andrea Di Stasio, Francesco Altug, Hatice Benassi, Paola Tedeschi, Davide Ferrante, Carino Marini, Andrea |
| author_facet | Paul, Ashis Venturi, Matteo Adhikary, Raju Salvitti, Giovanna Toma, Andrea Di Stasio, Francesco Altug, Hatice Benassi, Paola Tedeschi, Davide Ferrante, Carino Marini, Andrea |
| contents | The enhancement of the inherently weak optical activity of solvated molecules by superchiral fields, crucial for detecting their chirality, is a research frontier of photonics and the basis of novel chiroptical detection schemes. Here, we show that an effective medium consisting of randomly dispersed metal-based nanoparticles embedded within an optically active solvated drug (aqueous reparixin) can enhance vibrational optical rotation and circular dichroism thanks to superchirality produced by slow light in near-zero index conditions. We evaluate from first principles the effective bianisotropic response of the bulk chiral effective medium, showing that, by adjusting the nanoparticles filling fraction, vibrational optical activity is greatly enhanced by a factor $\simeq 10^2-10^3$ at the near-zero index resonance. Our results are relevant for the development of innovative devices capable of detecting the chirality of low-volume samples, with applications in quantum chemistry and nanomedicine. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | Enhanced vibrational optical activity by near-zero index chiral effective media Paul, Ashis Venturi, Matteo Adhikary, Raju Salvitti, Giovanna Toma, Andrea Di Stasio, Francesco Altug, Hatice Benassi, Paola Tedeschi, Davide Ferrante, Carino Marini, Andrea Optics The enhancement of the inherently weak optical activity of solvated molecules by superchiral fields, crucial for detecting their chirality, is a research frontier of photonics and the basis of novel chiroptical detection schemes. Here, we show that an effective medium consisting of randomly dispersed metal-based nanoparticles embedded within an optically active solvated drug (aqueous reparixin) can enhance vibrational optical rotation and circular dichroism thanks to superchirality produced by slow light in near-zero index conditions. We evaluate from first principles the effective bianisotropic response of the bulk chiral effective medium, showing that, by adjusting the nanoparticles filling fraction, vibrational optical activity is greatly enhanced by a factor $\simeq 10^2-10^3$ at the near-zero index resonance. Our results are relevant for the development of innovative devices capable of detecting the chirality of low-volume samples, with applications in quantum chemistry and nanomedicine. |
| title | Enhanced vibrational optical activity by near-zero index chiral effective media |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15592 |