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.

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