Terrylene in p-terphenyl: a novel single crystalline system for single molecule spectroscopy at low temperatures

Kummer, S.; Basché, Th.; Bräuchle, Christoph

doi:10.1016/0009-2614(94)01043-9

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“…In different host matrices it shows high fluorescence count rates (from a few hundred to a few hundred thousand per second). [27][28][29][30][31][32] In some well-ordered crystals, Tr can pass through 10 11 -10 12 excitation cycles without photodestruction or frequency jumps. On the other hand, in many matrices the fluorescence of single Tr molecules exhibits blinking, light-induced spectral diffusion, and spectral burning.…”

Section: Description Of the Dye-matrix Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ortho‐Dichlorobenzene Doped with Terrylene—a Highly Photo‐Stable Single‐Molecule System Promising for Photonics Applications

et al. 2010

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The study of a new dye-matrix system-quickly frozen ortho-dichlorobenzene weakly doped with terrylene--via single-molecule (SM) spectroscopy is presented. The spectral and photo-physical properties, dynamics, and temperature broadening of SM spectra at low temperatures are discussed. The data reveal a broad inhomogeneous distribution, which indicates a high degree of matrix inhomogeneities, but at the same time, huge fluorescence emission rates and extraordinary SM spectral and photochemical stability with almost complete absence of blinking and bleaching. These unusual properties render the new system a promising candidate for applications in photonics, for example, for delivering single photons on demand.

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Section: Description Of the Dye-matrix Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ortho‐Dichlorobenzene Doped with Terrylene—a Highly Photo‐Stable Single‐Molecule System Promising for Photonics Applications

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“…Over typical observation times of 15 min, 90 % of the single molecules showed no spectral jumps or drifts. [9] [23,24,26] The saturation profiles are very similar for both sites.…”

Section: Single-molecule Spectramentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The observation of single molecules with sufficient signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and spectral stability has been restricted to a few classes of host-guest systems; one of these is the class of organic single crystals, such as para-terphenyl, naphthalene, and anthracene, that have been cosublimated with dyes, such as pentacene, [1] terrylene (Tr), [9] and dibenzoterrylene (DBT). The observation of single molecules with sufficient signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and spectral stability has been restricted to a few classes of host-guest systems; one of these is the class of organic single crystals, such as para-terphenyl, naphthalene, and anthracene, that have been cosublimated with dyes, such as pentacene, [1] terrylene (Tr), [9] and dibenzoterrylene (DBT).…”

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confidence: 99%

Stable Single‐Molecule Lines of Terrylene in Polycrystalline para‐Dichlorobenzene at 1.5 K

et al. 2014

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The spectroscopic properties of single terrylene (Tr) molecules are studied in a polycrystalline matrix of para-dichlorobenzene (p-DCB) at 1.5 K. Samples grown in a glass capillary show a very strong site at 597 nm, which is redshifted by more than 700 cm(-1) from the observed transition energy for Tr in p-DCB prepared as a film on a coverslip (572 nm). Each of these two sites is characterized by measuring their single-molecule spectroscopic parameters at 1.5 K. Lifetime-limited linewidths of 45±5 MHz are found for both sites. Fluorescence detection rates reach 8×10(4) count s(-1) at saturation. The spectral trails of the majority of single molecules show no spectral jumps, indicating an absence of interacting two-level systems; however, the small distribution of linewidths may indicate weak interactions with low-frequency modes. Frequency jumps are observed for 10 % of the molecules. The complete emission spectra from two different single molecules at the center of each of the two sites is presented. Debye-Waller factors of αDW=0.33±0.05 for the normal site (572 nm) and αDW=0.30±0.05 for the red site (597 nm) are reported. This new host-guest system provides a quick and easy way to obtain lifetime-limited single-molecule lines.

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“…Due to the low quantum yield of pentacene, several other molecules were explored thereafter. The candidates terrylene (CAS: 188-72-7) [23] and its derivates [24,25], perylene (CAS: 198-55-0) [26,27], and 2.3,8.9-dibenzanthanthrene (CAS: 188-42-1, see Fig. 1b) [28,29] have to be named in this context.…”

Section: Single-molecule Studies Under Cryogenic Conditionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The system forms a so-called Shpol'skiȋ-matrix. Other options are possible, such as single molecules in rare gas hosts [32] or in crystalline structures [23,33]. The exact spectral properties such as linewidth and transition wavelength are strongly dependent on the host matrix.…”

Section: Single-molecule Studies Under Cryogenic Conditionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

An atomic spectrum recorded with a single-molecule light source

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Terrylene in p-terphenyl: a novel single crystalline system for single molecule spectroscopy at low temperatures

Cited by 116 publications

References 24 publications

Ortho‐Dichlorobenzene Doped with Terrylene—a Highly Photo‐Stable Single‐Molecule System Promising for Photonics Applications

Ortho‐Dichlorobenzene Doped with Terrylene—a Highly Photo‐Stable Single‐Molecule System Promising for Photonics Applications

Stable Single‐Molecule Lines of Terrylene in Polycrystalline para‐Dichlorobenzene at 1.5 K

An atomic spectrum recorded with a single-molecule light source

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