Indistinguishable photons on demand from an organic dye molecule

Single molecules in solid-state matrices have been proposed as sources of single-photon Fock states back 20 years ago. Their success in quantum optics and in many other research fields stems from the simple recipes used in the preparation of samples, with hundreds of nominally identical and isolated...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2021-02
Main Authors: Lombardi, Pietro, Colautti, Maja, Duquennoy, Rocco, Murtaza, Ghulam, Majumder, Prosenjit, Toninelli, Costanza
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthracene
Continuous radiation
Nanocrystals
Optimization
Photons
Quantum optics
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Summary:Single molecules in solid-state matrices have been proposed as sources of single-photon Fock states back 20 years ago. Their success in quantum optics and in many other research fields stems from the simple recipes used in the preparation of samples, with hundreds of nominally identical and isolated molecules. Main challenges as of today for their application in photonic quantum technologies are the optimization of light extraction and the on-demand emission of indistinguishable photons. We here present Hong-Ou-Mandel experiments with photons emitted by a single molecule of dibenzoterrylene in an anthracene nanocrystal at 3 K, under continuous wave and also pulsed excitation. A detailed theoretical model is applied, which relies on independent measurements for most experimental parameters, hence allowing for an analysis of the different contributions to the two-photon interference visibility, from residual dephasing to spectral filtering.
ISSN:2331-8422