Photon Antibunching In The Fluorescence Of A Single Dye Molecule Embedded In A Thin Polymer Film
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2001
Published In
Optics Letters
Abstract
We used scanning confocal microscopy to study the fluorescence from a single terrylene molecule embedded in a thin polymer film of polymethyl methacrylate, at room temperature, with a high signal-to-background ratio. The photon-pair correlation function g(²)(tau) exhibits perfect photon antibunching at tau = 0 and a limit of 1.3, compatible with bunching associated with the molecular triplet state. Application of this molecular system to a triggered single-photon source based on single-molecule fluorescence is investigated.
Recommended Citation
F. Treussart et al.
(2001).
"Photon Antibunching In The Fluorescence Of A Single Dye Molecule Embedded In A Thin Polymer Film".
Optics Letters.
Volume 26,
Issue 19.
1504-1506.
DOI: 10.1364/OL.26.001504
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-physics/188
