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SUMMARY:Nonlinear Optics with a Few Photons and a Single Molecule
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Dr. Vahid Sandoghdar\n\nEPFL IMT Distinguished Lecture S
 eries\n\nAbstract: I plan to start this presentation with an overview of o
 ur work over the past decade on the efficient coupling of light and single
  quantum emitters [1-7]. The long-term goal of these projects is to establ
 ish a platform for nano-quantum-optical operations and cooperative interac
 tions in a mesoscopic system of photons and quantum emitters [8]. In order
  to achieve this\, we have developed novel microcavity [9] and chip-based 
 nanoguide circuitry [10] for use at cryogenic conditions. The main discuss
 ion of this talk will be on nonlinear optical phenomena in a simple two-le
 vel atom. We will see that a single organic molecule can act as an efficie
 nt nonlinear medium for switching weak beams of light [9-11].\n\nBio: Vahi
 d Sandoghdar obtained his B.S. in physics from the University of Californi
 a at Davis in 1987 and Ph.D. in physics from Yale University in 1993. Afte
 r a postdoctoral stay at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris he moved t
 o the University of Konstanz in Germany in 1995\, where he started a new l
 ine of research to combine single molecule spectroscopy and scanning probe
  microscopy. In 2001 Vahid Sandoghdar accepted a chair at the Laboratory o
 f Physical Chemistry at ETH in Zurich\, Switzerland. In 2011 he became dir
 ector at the newly founded Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light a
 nd Alexander von Humboldt Professor at the University of Erlangen-Nurember
 g in Germany. Sandoghdar is one of the founders of the young field of Nano
 -Optics\, which merges various methods and research areas to investigate f
 undamental issues in the interaction between light and matter at the nanom
 eter scale. His current research ranges from quantum optics\, plasmonics a
 nd ultrahigh resolution microscopy to nanobiophysics.  \n\nReferences:\n[
 1] I. Gerhardt\, et al.\, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98\, 033601 (2007).\n[2] G. Wri
 gge\, et al.\, Nature Physics 4\, 60 (2008).\n[3] G. Zumofen\, et al.\, Ph
 ys. Rev. Lett. 101\, 180404 (2008).\n[4] J. Hwang\, et al. Nature. 460\, 7
 6 (2009).\n[5] M. Pototschnig\, et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 107\, 063001 (2011
 ).\n[6] Y. Rezus\, et al.\, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108\, 093601 (2012).\n[7] S. 
 Faez\, et al.\, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113\, 213601 (2014).\n[8] H. Haakh\, et a
 l.\, Phys. Rev. A\, to appear.\n[9] D. Wang\, et al.\, in preparation.\n[1
 0] P. Türschmann\, et al.\, in preparation.\n[11] A. Maser\, et al.\, Nat
 ure Photonics 10\, 450 (2016).
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