Excitation of a single molecule on the surface of a spherical microcavity

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-299

  Norris, D J ^a   Kuwata Gonokami, M ^b   Moerner, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; QUANTUM OPTICS;

CAVITY QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; PENTACENE; SINGLE MOLECULE; SPHERICAL MICROCAVITY; TERRYLENE;

MOLECULES;

EID: 0031190461     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.119554     Document Type: Article

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