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Jian-Jian Cheng1,2, Chong Ye3, Yong Li1,4
1Center for Theoretical Physics and School of Science, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
Abstract:
An interesting method of fast enantio-specific state transfer (ESST) is proposed for cyclic three-level systems of chiral molecules. We show that the fast population transfer via shortcut to adiabaticity can be accomplished for the cyclic three-level system of a general (chiral) molecule with invariant-based inverse engineering of the coupling strengths. By choosing appropriate parameters, the two enantiomers, which are initially prepared in their ground states in the three-level systems, will evolve respectively along their enantio-selective shortcut-to-adiabaticity paths to different-energy final states simultaneously, thereby achieving the fast ESST.
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