On the role of spectral diffusion in single-molecule spectroscopy

Игорь Сергеевич Осадько, M.A Mikhailov

Eli Barkai, YounJoon Jung, R. Silbey

We consider the theory of time-dependent fluctuations in single molecule spectroscopy. In particular, the relation between stationary spectral diffusion processes and photon counting statistics is investigated. Within linear response theory, a general relation between Mandel's Q parameter and a three time dipole correlation function is obtained. For a prototype spectral diffusion process, an exact solution of Q is found which exhibits rich types of physical behaviors.

W.E. Moemer, A. B. Myers, P. Tchénio +5 more

The field of single-molecule spectroscopy in solids1 continues to expand beyond the spectral diffusion, hole-burning, Stark effect, and photon antibunching measurements reported earlier.

G. Zumofen, J. Klafter

W. E. Moerner, Thomas Basché

Abstract Optical spectroscopy of a single impurity molecule provides the first truly local probe of host–guest interactions in doped solids. In conventional optical high‐resolution experiments with many molecules only ensemble averages of the microscopic parameters can be obtained. In the single‐molecule regime, the exquisite sensitivity of an individual dopant molecule to both the local environment and to external perturbations has been exploited in recent experiments to reveal a wealth of fascinating novel phenomena such as spectral diffusion in crystals and polymers, optical modification of a single impurity molecule (spectral hole‐burning), local field measurements at the site of a single impurity molecule, and quantum optics in a solid.

Irina V. Gopich, Attila Szabó