Single pentacene molecules detected by fluorescence excitation in a p-terphenyl crystal

M. Orrit and J. Bernard
Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 2716 – Published 19 November 1990
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Abstract

Experiments clearly prove that narrow peaks in the fluorescence-excitation spectrum of a pentacene-doped p-terphenyl crystal stem from single molecules. This claim is supported by the distribution, width, and height of the peaks, as well as by the correlation of the emitted light and the sudden drops and surges of the emission of certain peaks. We attribute these to the hole burning of a single molecule. These results show the feasibility of the optical study of a single molecule and its local environment.

  • Received 9 July 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.2716

©1990 American Physical Society

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M. Orrit and J. Bernard

  • Centre de Physique Moléculaire Optique et Hertzienne, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Université de Bordeaux I, 351 cours de la Libération, F-33405 Talence CEDEX, France

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Vol. 65, Iss. 21 — 19 November 1990

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