2014/07/10 by Sanli Faez, Pierre Türschmann, Harald R. Haakh +2 · 5 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic physics #Condensed matter physics #Excitation #Materials science #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Mesoscopic physics #Molecular physics #Nuclear magnetic resonance #Optics #Optoelectronics #Photon #Photon antibunching #Physics #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum mechanics #Quantum optics #Resonance (particle physics) #Single crystal #Spectroscopy #Strong Light-Matter Interactions #cond-mat.mes-hall #physics.optics #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.113.213601
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 213601 (2014) · 5 pages, 5 figures
arxiv created 2014/07/10 · openalex publication_date 2014/11/18 · arxiv updated 2017/02/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Many of the currently pursued experiments in quantum optics would greatly benefit from a strong interaction between light and matter. Here, we present a simple new scheme for the efficient coupling of single molecules and photons. 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 (β) of 18% for the dye molecules doped in the organic crystal. A combination of extinction, fluorescence excitation, and resonance fluorescence spectroscopy with microscopy provides high-resolution spatiospectral 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 polaritonic interactions in a mesoscopic ensemble of molecules mediated by a single mode of propagating photons.