RESEARCH TOPIC
Single molecule coherence at room temperature
Single molecule ultrafast photonics
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Description of Activities:
We combine coherent control with shaped laser pulses and single-molecule detection, allowing the observation and manipulation of vibrational wave-packet interference, energy transfer and Rabi oscillations in individual molecules at ambient conditions. The single-molecule approach ensures that the ultimate degree of coherent control can be realized, which is crucial to unravel details of molecular function and dynamics in systems as diverse as light-harvesting complexes, photo-active proteins and conjugated polymers. With similar tools we explore phase control of nanoscale fields in plasmonic antennas.
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Publications associated to this project
- Femtosecond coherence and quantum control of single molecules at room temperature Nature Phys. 7, 172–177 (2011)
- Electronic coherences and vibrational wave-packets in single molecules studied with femtosecond phase-controlled spectroscopy Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13, 1888-1894 (2011)
- Visualizing and controlling vibrational wave packets of single molecules Nature 465, 905-908 (2010)
- Effect of disorder on ultrafast exciton dynamics probed by single molecule spectroscopy Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 216403 (2006)
