Nonlinear spectroscopy on a single quantum system: Two-photon absorption of a single molecule

Science

Volumn 271, Issue 5256, 1996, Pages 1703-1705

  Plakhotnik, Taras ^a,b   Walser, Daniel ^a   Pirotta, Marco ^a   Renn, Alois ^a   Wild, Urs P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF SPECTROSCOPY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0542371161     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.271.5256.1703     Document Type: Article

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