• DocumentCode
    2076626
  • Title

    Phase control of a laser beam by a single molecule

  • Author

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

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. of Phys. Chem., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    22-26 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    In this paper, the authors report on a phase shift measurement of 3°, imprinted on a laser beam by a single molecule in the solid state. The realization of a single-molecule electro-optic modulator was also shown and the applications of this work in microscopy and signal processing were discussed. Utilizing a direct focusing geometry (i.e. without a cavity) can be attractive both in terms of its fundamental simplicity as well as in terms of practical integration and application.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; laser beams; laser variables measurement; light interferometry; optical control; optical information processing; optical microscopy; phase control; phase measurement; direct focusing geometry; laser beam; microscopy; phase control; phase shift measurement; signal processing; single molecule electro-optic modulator; Phase measurement; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0533-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    Pending
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943368
  • Filename
    5943368