Coherent Interaction of Light and Single Molecules in a Dielectric Nanoguide

Autor: Stephan Götzinger, Harald R. Haakh, Pierre Türschmann, Sanli Faez, Vahid Sandoghdar
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Physical Review Letters
Physical Review Letters, 113(21), 213601
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1407.2846
Popis: We present a new scheme for performing optical spectroscopy on single molecules. A glass capillary with a diameter of 600 nm filled with an organic crystal tightly guides the excitation light and provides a maximum spontaneous emission coupling factor ($\beta$) of 18% for the dye molecules doped in the organic crystal. Combination of extinction, fluorescence excitation and resonance fluorescence spectroscopy with microscopy provides high-resolution spatio-spectral access to a very large number of single molecules in a linear geometry. We discuss strategies for exploring a range of quantum optical phenomena, including coherent cooperative interactions in a mesoscopic ensemble of molecules mediated by a single mode of propagating photons.
Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures
Databáze: OpenAIRE