Quantum Optics Seminar by Nir Rotenberg

Molecules on a chip: working towards organic, quantum networks 

One of the central goals of quantum nanophotonics is the creation of a scalable platform that allows for control of individual quantum states while, at the same time, also interfacing multiple emitters.  Such a platform would enable on-chip quantum architecture and the study of novel, collective quantum effects.  In this seminar I will outline our first steps towards on-chip quantum nanophotonics using single, organic molecules embedded in lithographically defined waveguides.  Such molecules act as near ideal two-level systems that we can individually address, and whose resonances we can shift by over 1,000 linewidths.  Finally, I will also briefly discuss our next generation nanophotonic structures, which both enhance emission and couple to the emitters with near-unity efficiency.