Controlling the phase of a light beam with a single molecule

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Pototschnig, M ^a   Chassagneux, Y ^a   Hwang, J ^a,b   Zumofen, G ^a   Renn, A ^a   Sandoghdar, V ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-OPTICAL; HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT BEAM; ORGANIC MOLECULES; PHASE SWITCH; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGE; QUANTUM OPERATIONS; SINGLE-MOLECULE;

HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; MICROELECTRODES; ORGANIC LASERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

MOLECULES;

EID: 79961125174     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.063001     Document Type: Article

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