Photon antibunching in the fluorescence of a single dye molecule embedded in a thin polymer film

Optics Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 1504-1506

  Treussart, François ^a   Clouqueur, André ^a   Grossman, Carl ^a,b   Roch, Jean François ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHOTONIQUE QUANTIQUE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBUNCHING PROCESSES;

DYES; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL PUMPING; PARTICLE BEAM BUNCHING; PHOTONS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

PARTICLE OPTICS;

EID: 0001549851     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.26.001504     Document Type: Article

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