title: Indistinguishable photons from a single molecule.
abstract: We report the results of coincidence counting experiments at the output, of a Michelson interferometer using the zero-phonon-line emission of a single molecule at 1.4 K. Under continuous wave excitation, we observe the absence of coincidence counts as an indication of two-photon interference. This corresponds to the observation of Hong-Ou-Mandel correlations and proves the suitability of the zero-phonon-line emission of single molecules for applications in linear optics quantum computation.
authors.affiliation: Department Chemie und Biochemie and Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Butenandtstrasse 11, 81377 Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kiraz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ehrl
authors.forename: Th
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hellerer
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Müstecaplioğlu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bräuchle
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zumbusch