Magnetic fields can be used to modify light absorption in chiral media, but the effect is weak, so the potential of this approach has gone largely untapped. Synchrotron radiation may provide a solution, enabling surprisingly strong dichroisms in a molecular helix.
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Galán-Mascarós, J. Bring to light. Nature Phys 11, 7–8 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3200
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