SINGLE-MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY
- 1 October 1997
- journal article
- Published by Annual Reviews in Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
- Vol. 48 (1) , 181-212
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.physchem.48.1.181
Abstract
Recent experimental and theoretical studies concerning single-molecule spectroscopy in solids are discussed. Pure quantum effects--such as photon bunching, antibunching, and spectral jumps--and more classical phenomena--such as near-field excitation, saturation, ac/dc Stark shifts, spectral diffusion, two-photon excitation, and customary spectroscopic analysis--are considered. The emphasis of this review is on physical results and their interpretation. This is preceded by a general introduction, where fundamentals of single-molecule spectroscopy are explained.Keywords
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