Comment on 'Single Pentacene Molecules Detected by Fluorescence Excitation in a P-Terphenyl Crystal'

Abstract

Using highly efficient Fluorescence excitation spectroscopy of individual pentacene molecular impurities in p-terphenyl crystals, we have observed that some pentacene defects exhibit spontaneous spectral jumps in their resonance frequency at 1.5 K, with a jump rate independent of laser power. In addition, the low-power limiting linewidth for single pentacene absorbers reaches the lifetime limit of 7.8 MHz at 1.5 K.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 10, 1990
Accession Number
ADA231042

Entities

People

  • W. E. Moerner
  • W. P. Ambrose

Organizations

  • International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Diffusion
  • Excitation
  • Fluorescence
  • Frequency
  • Governments
  • Intensity
  • Materials Science
  • Military Research
  • Molecules
  • Physics
  • Resonance
  • Security
  • Solid State Physics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers