Strong extinction of a laser beam by a single molecule
arXiv:quant-ph/0604177 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.033601
Abstract
We present an experiment where a single molecule strongly affects the amplitude and phase of a laser field emerging from a subwavelength aperture. We achieve a visibility of -6% in direct and +10% in cross-polarized detection schemes. Our analysis shows that a close to full extinction should be possible using near-field excitation.
5 pages, 4 figures, submitted to PRL
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