Indistinguishable Photons from a Single Molecule

A. Kiraz; M. Ehrl; Th. Hellerer; O. E. Mustecaplioglu; C. Brauchle; A. Zumbusch

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.223602

Indistinguishable Photons from a Single Molecule

Quantum Physics 2009-11-11 v1

Authors: A. Kiraz , M. Ehrl , Th. Hellerer , O. E. Mustecaplioglu , C. Brauchle , A. Zumbusch

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Abstract

We report the results of coincidence counting experiments at the output of a Michelson interferometer using the zero-phonon-line emission of a single molecule at $1.4 K$ . Under continuous wave excitation, we observe the absence of coincidence counts as an indication of two-photon interference. This corresponds to the observation of Hong-Ou-Mandel correlations and proves the suitability of the zero-phonon-line emission of single molecules for applications in linear optics quantum computation.

Keywords

hong-ou-mandel interference quantum optics

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0505024,
  title  = {Indistinguishable Photons from a Single Molecule},
  author = {A. Kiraz and M. Ehrl and Th. Hellerer and O. E. Mustecaplioglu and C. Brauchle and A. Zumbusch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0505024},
  year   = {2009}
}

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