Controlling the Phase of a Light Beam with a Single Molecule

被引：53

作者：

Pototschnig, M. ^{[1
]}

Chassagneux, Y. ^{[1
]}

Hwang, J. ^{[1
]}

Zumofen, G. ^{[1
]}

Renn, A. ^{[1
]}

Sandoghdar, V. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] ETH, Phys Chem Lab, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2011年 / 107卷 / 06期

关键词：

QUANTUM DOTS; RESONANCES; SHIFTS;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.063001

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We employ heterodyne interferometry to investigate the effect of a single organic molecule on the phase of a propagating laser beam. We report on the first phase-contrast images of individual molecules and demonstrate a single-molecule electro-optical phase switch by applying a voltage to the microelectrodes embedded in the sample. Our results may find applications in single-molecule holography, fast optical coherent signal processing, and single-emitter quantum operations.

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