Turning a molecule into a coherent two-level quantum system
Wang D, Kelkar H, Martin-Cano D, Rattenbacher D, Shkarin A, Utikal T, Götzinger S, Sandoghdar V (2019)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2019
Journal
Book Volume: 15
Pages Range: 483-489
Journal Issue: 5
DOI: 10.1038/s41567-019-0436-5
Abstract
The use of molecules in quantum optical applications has been hampered by incoherent internal vibrations and other phononic interactions with their environment. Here we show that an organic molecule placed into an optical microcavity behaves as a coherent two-level quantum system. This allows the observation of 99% extinction of a laser beam by a single molecule, saturation with less than 0.5 photons and non-classical generation of few-photons super-bunched light. Furthermore, we demonstrate efficient interaction of the molecule–microcavity system with single photons generated by a second molecule in a distant laboratory. Our achievements represent an important step towards linear and nonlinear quantum photonic circuits based on organic platforms.
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Wang, D., Kelkar, H., Martin-Cano, D., Rattenbacher, D., Shkarin, A., Utikal, T.,... Sandoghdar, V. (2019). Turning a molecule into a coherent two-level quantum system. Nature Physics, 15(5), 483-489. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41567-019-0436-5
MLA:
Wang, Daqing, et al. "Turning a molecule into a coherent two-level quantum system." Nature Physics 15.5 (2019): 483-489.
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