Optical control of molecular switches

摘要

We review recent applications of quantum control on molecular switches by optical means. We discuss diverse examples, as detection and automatic switching between nucleotide base-pairs and their undesired mutants, controlled operation of multi-configurational molecular devices for quantum information storage, and switching between the two enantiomeric forms of a chiral molecule. The variety of examples discussed demonstrates the wide range of applicability and the power of optical quantum control techniques in the fast emerging field of molecular devices.