Controlling the phase of a light beam with a single molecule |
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Authors: | Pototschnig M Chassagneux Y Hwang J Zumofen G Renn A Sandoghdar V |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. |
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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. |
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