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SUMMARY:Quantum optics with organic molecules - Vahid Sandoghdar (Max Plan
 ck Institute for the Science of Light)
DTSTART:20260603T151500Z
DTEND:20260603T161500Z
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CONTACT:Andrea Pizzi
DESCRIPTION:When cooled to liquid helium temperature\, organic molecules d
 emonstrate remarkable optical properties. Over the past three decades\, th
 ese have been exploited in different single-molecule quantum optical setti
 ngs\, including coherent near-field measurements\, far-field realization o
 f efficient extinction\, various nonlinear studies as well as single-molec
 ule strong coupling in a microcavity. More recently\, we have also reporte
 d on cooperative coherent interaction of several individual molecules via 
 a common cavity mode. I will discuss a new line of experiments in which we
  explore the interaction of molecules with the phononic degrees of freedom
  of their surrounding matrix. In particular\, I will show how a single mol
 ecule can act as a nanothermometer with unprecedented sub-milliKelvin sens
 itivity. If time allows\, I will also present new data on Fourier-limited 
 transitions of single molecules on the surface of a crystal and the potent
 ial of combining this high spectral resolution with angstrom spatial resol
 ution in scanning probe microscopy.
LOCATION:Ray Dolby Auditorium\, Ray Dolby Centre\, Cavendish Laboratory\, 
 JJ Thomson Avenue\, CB3 0US
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