Photon antibunching in the fluorescence of a single dye molecule trapped in a solid
- 7 September 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 69 (10), 1516-1519
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.69.1516
Abstract
The correlation between fluorescence photons emitted by an optically pumped single molecule of pentacene in a p-terphenyl host has been investigated at short times. The correlation function shows photon antibunching, a unique feature of a nonclassical radiation field, which decreases if two molecules rather than one are pumped at the same time. The peculiarities of the correlation function for a three-level molecule are discussed and the theoretical description outlined.Keywords
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