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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Turning an Organic Molecule into a Coherent Two-Level Quantum System using a Tunable Fabry-Perot Microcavity

Daqing Wang, Hrishikesh Kelkar, Diego Martín-Cano, Dominik Rattenbacher, Alexey Shkarin, Tobias Utikal, Stephan Götzinger, Vahid Sandoghdar

Published May 1, 2019• 0 citations
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Abstract

By coupling an organic molecule to a Fabry-Perot microcavity, we turn it into a coherent two-level quantum system. We further demonstrate efficient interaction of this system with single photons generated by a second molecule. © 2019 The Author(s)
DOI
10.23919/cleo.2019.8749226

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