Optical detection and spectroscopy of single molecules in a solid Export

@article{citeulike:2382794, abstract = {Using two different double-modulation techniques; we have observed the optical-absorption spectrum of single dopant molecules of pentacene in a p -terphenyl host crystal at liquid-helium temperatures. To achieve this; frequency-modulation spectroscopy was combined either with Stark or ultrasonic modulation to remove interfering background signals from residual amplitude modulation; and the number of molecules in resonance was reduced to one by operating in the wings of the inhomogeneous line. Triplet bottleneck saturation appears to be suppressed in the single-molecule regime.}, author = {Moerner, W. E. and Kador, L.}, citeulike-article-id = {2382794}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2535}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v62/i21/p2535_1}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://link.aps.org/pdf/PRL/v62/i21/p2535_1}, day = {22}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2535}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {history, low-temp, sms}, month = {May}, number = {21}, pages = {2535+}, posted-at = {2008-02-14 21:52:22}, priority = {0}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Optical detection and spectroscopy of single molecules in a solid}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2535}, volume = {62}, year = {1989} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2382794 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2382794 N2 - Using two different double-modulation techniques; we have observed the optical-absorption spectrum of single dopant molecules of pentacene in a p -terphenyl host crystal at liquid-helium temperatures. To achieve this; frequency-modulation spectroscopy was combined either with Stark or ultrasonic modulation to remove interfering background signals from residual amplitude modulation; and the number of molecules in resonance was reduced to one by operating in the wings of the inhomogeneous line. Triplet bottleneck saturation appears to be suppressed in the single-molecule regime. IS - 21 JF - Physical Review Letters TI - Optical detection and spectroscopy of single molecules in a solid PB - American Physical Society VL - 62 SP - 2535 KW - history KW - low-temp KW - sms AU - Moerner, WE AU - Kador, L PY - 1989/05/22/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2535 ER -