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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 62: Poster: Quantum Optics and Photonics III
Q 62.61: Poster
Thursday, March 26, 2015, 17:00–19:00, C/Foyer
Interfacing Light and Single Molecules in a Dielectric Nanoguide — •Pierre Türschmann1, Harald. R. Haakh1, Tobias Utikal1, Stephan Götzinger2,1, and Vahid Sandoghdar1,2 — 1Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL), D-91058 Erlangen, Germany — 2Department of Physics, Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany.
The experimental realization of an efficient interface between propagating photons and a scalable number of single quantum emitters is one of the major challenges at the forefront of quantum optics. Such a system would allow one to study intriguing many-body effects relying on cooperative phenomena and polaritonic excitations. Here, we present a solid-state platform, where we demonstrate the coherent coupling of single molecules to a highly confined mode in a dielectric waveguide of subwavelength diameter [1]. Our current nanocapillary-based system can deliver coupling efficiencies (β) up to 18%. We discuss our experimental results, the prospects of our approach, and the ongoing efforts for achieving higher coupling efficiencies in a chip-compatible geometry.
[1] S. Faez, P. Türschmann, H.R. Haakh, S. Götzinger, and V. Sandoghdar, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113 , 213601 (2014).