Quantum Interference of Tunably Indistinguishable Photons from Remote Organic Molecules

被引：131

作者：

Lettow, R. ^{[1
,2
]}

Rezus, Y. L. A. ^{[1
,2
]}

Renn, A. ^{[1
,2
]}

Zumofen, G. ^{[1
,2
]}

Ikonen, E. ^{[3
,4
]}

Goetzinger, S. ^{[1
,2
]}

Sandoghdar, V. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] ETH, Phys Chem Lab, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

[2] ETH, OptETH, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

[3] Aalto Univ, Metrol Res Inst, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland

[4] Ctr Metrol & Accreditat MIKES, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2010年 / 104卷 / 12期

基金：

芬兰科学院; 瑞士国家科学基金会;

关键词：

SINGLE PHOTONS; FLUORESCENCE;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.123605

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate two-photon interference using two remote single molecules as bright solid-state sources of indistinguishable photons. By varying the transition frequency and spectral width of one molecule, we tune and explore the effect of photon distinguishability. We discuss future improvements on the brightness of single-photon beams, their integration by large numbers on chips, and the extension of our experimental scheme to coupling and entanglement of distant molecules.

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