• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 20, Issue 7, 073602 (2022)
Penglong Ren1、2, Shangming Wei1、2, Pu Zhang1、2, and Xue-Wen Chen1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202220.073602 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Penglong Ren, Shangming Wei, Pu Zhang, Xue-Wen Chen. Probing fluorescence quantum efficiency of single molecules in an organic matrix by monitoring lifetime change during sublimation[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(7): 073602 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Quantum efficiency is a critical piece of information of a quantum emitter and regulates the emitter’s fluorescence decay dynamics in an optical environment through the Purcell effect. Here, we present a simple way to experimentally probe fluorescence quantum efficiency of single dibenzoterrylene molecules embedded in a thin anthracene microcrystal obtained through a co-sublimation process. In particular, we correlate the fluorescence lifetime change of single dibenzoterrylene molecules with the variation of the matrix thickness due to natural sublimation. With the identification of the molecule emission dipole orientation, we could deduce the near-unity intrinsic quantum efficiency of dibenzoterrylene molecules in the anthracene matrix.
    FP=ΓrΓr0=PP0.

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    Γ(H,h)=Γr0FP(H,h)+Γnr.

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    1τ(H)=Γr0FP(H,h)+Γr0(1η01).

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    Penglong Ren, Shangming Wei, Pu Zhang, Xue-Wen Chen. Probing fluorescence quantum efficiency of single molecules in an organic matrix by monitoring lifetime change during sublimation[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(7): 073602
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