Construction and Demonstration of a 6-18 GHz Microwave Three-Wave Mixing Experiment using Multiple Synchronized Arbitrary Waveform Generators

Abstract

This manuscript details the construction and demonstration of the first known microwave three-wave mixing (M3WM) experiment utilizing multiple arbitrary waveform generators (AWGs) completely operable in the 6-18 GHz frequency range for use in chirality determination and quantification. Many M3WM techniques, which involve two orthogonal, subsequent Rabi π/2 and π microwave pulses, suffer from flexibility in pulse types and timings as well as frequency due to most instruments only using one, one-channel AWG and the M3WM probability decreasing with an increasing quantum number, J. In this work, we presented an M3WM instrument that allows that flexibility by introducing multiple, synchronized AWGs and adheres to the high probability transition loop pathways in carvone. The functionality and reliability of the instrument were demonstrated using a series of experiments and mixtures of the R and S enantiomers and determined to be of similar accuracy to other reported M3WM setups with the additional benefit of flexibility in pulsing schemes.

Department(s)

Chemistry

Comments

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant no. CHE-MRI-2019072.

Keywords and Phrases

Carvone; Chirality Determination; Microwave Three-Wave Mixing

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

2073-8994

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Final Version

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text

Language(s)

English

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Publication Date

01 May 2022

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