Zero-phonon-line emission of single molecules for applications in quantum information processing

Alper Kiraz; M. Ehrl; O. E. Mustecaplioglu; T. Hellerer; C. Brauchle; A. Zumbusch

doi:10.1117/12.608416

7 July 2005 Zero-phonon-line emission of single molecules for applications in quantum information processing

Alper Kiraz, M. Ehrl, O. E. Mustecaplioglu, T. Hellerer, C. Brauchle, A. Zumbusch

Proceedings Volume 5840, Photonic Materials, Devices, and Applications; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.608416
Event: Microtechnologies for the New Millennium 2005, 2005, Sevilla, Spain

Abstract

A single photon source which generates transform limited single photons is highly desirable for applications in quantum optics. Transform limited emission guarantees the indistinguishability of the emitted single photons. This, in turn brings groundbreaking applications in linear optics quantum information processing within an experimental reach. Recently, self-assembled InAs quantum dots and trapped atoms have successfully been demonstrated as such sources for highly indistinguishable single photons. Here, we demonstrate that nearly transform limited zero-phonon-line (ZPL) emission from single molecules can be obtained by using vibronic excitation. Furthermore we report the results of coincidence detection experiments at the output of a Michelson-type interferometer. These experiments reveal Hong-Ou-Mandel correlations as a proof of the indistinguishability of the single photons emitted consecutively from a single molecule. Therefore, single molecules constitute an attractive alternative to single InAs quantum dots and trapped atoms for applications in linear optics quantum information processing. Experiments were performed with a home-built confocal microscope keeping the sample in a superfluid liquid Helium bath at 1.4K. We investigated terrylenediimide (TDI) molecules highly diluted in hexadecane (Shpol'skii matrix). A continuous wave single mode dye laser was used for excitation of vibronic transitions of individual molecules. From the integral fluorescence, the ZPL of single molecules was selected with a spectrally narrow interference filter. The ZPL emission was then sent to a scanning Fabry-Perot interferometer for linewidth measurements or a Michelson-type interferometer for coincidence detection.

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Alper Kiraz, M. Ehrl, O. E. Mustecaplioglu, T. Hellerer, C. Brauchle, and A. Zumbusch "Zero-phonon-line emission of single molecules for applications in quantum information processing", Proc. SPIE 5840, Photonic Materials, Devices, and Applications, (7 July 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.608416

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