Optical microscopy with a single-molecule light source

Summary form only given. With the advent of scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM) ultra high resolution optical microscopy has attracted a large interest. One of the conceptually simplest configurations for reaching a nearly molecular resolution is replacing a physical aperture by a single m...

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Main Authors: Hettich, C., Michaelis, J., Mlynek, J., Sandoghdar, V.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Fluorescence
Impurities
Laser excitation
Light sources
Optical detectors
Optical microscopy
Optical sensors
Probes
Ring lasers
Tunable circuits and devices
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Summary:Summary form only given. With the advent of scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM) ultra high resolution optical microscopy has attracted a large interest. One of the conceptually simplest configurations for reaching a nearly molecular resolution is replacing a physical aperture by a single molecule as a point-like source. In this talk we present optical images taken, for the first time, with a single molecule as a light source. We use the method of single molecule spectroscopy in order to optically detect a single impurity molecule embedded in a weakly doped organic crystal cooled to T=1.4 K.
DOI:10.1109/IQEC.2000.908164