Controlling the Phase of a Light Beam with a Single Molecule

Pototschnig, M.; Chassagneux, Y.; Hwang, J.; Zumofen, G.; Renn, A.; Sandoghdar, Vahid

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.063001

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Controlling the Phase of a Light Beam with a Single Molecule

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Sandoghdar, Vahid
Sandoghdar Division, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Max Planck Society;

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Pototschnig, M., Chassagneux, Y., Hwang, J., Zumofen, G., Renn, A., & Sandoghdar, V. (2011). Controlling the Phase of a Light Beam with a Single Molecule. Physical Review Letters, 107: 063001. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.063001.

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Abstract

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.