Strong extinction of a laser beam by a single molecule

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Gerhardt, I ^a   Wrigge, G ^a   Bushev, P ^a   Zumofen, G ^a   Agio, M ^a   Pfab, R ^a   Sandoghdar, V ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHASE MEASUREMENT;

LASER FIELDS; NEAR FIELD EXCITATION; SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURE;

MOLECULES;

EID: 33846381679     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.033601     Document Type: Article

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