Measuring anti-bunching Effect from Single Dye Molecules and Single Quantum Dots

Nguyen Thi Thanh Bao; Dinh Van Trung; Dang Tuyet Phuong

doi:10.15625/0868-3166/26/1/7806

Measuring anti-bunching Effect from Single Dye Molecules and Single Quantum Dots

Nguyen Thi Thanh Bao, Dinh Van Trung, Dang Tuyet Phuong

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Nguyen Thi Thanh Bao Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
Dinh Van Trung Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
Dang Tuyet Phuong Institute of Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology

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https://doi.org/10.15625/0868-3166/26/1/7806

Keywords:

Quantum dot, Rhodamine, Antibunching,

Abstract

Antibunching is a quantum effect demonstrating clearly the quantum nature of the radiation field. Its detection through measurements of the second order correlation function is a direct proof of the presence of single molecule or single nano particle. In this paper we present the experimental setup of the Hanbury Brown - Twiss interferometer and the measurement results of the antibunching effect from single Rhodamine B dye molecules and single CdTe quantum dots in dilute solution. By fitting the second order correlation data, we derive a fluorescence lifetime of approximately 2 ns for Rhodamine B and 45 ns for CdTe quantum dots. Our results demonstrate an alternative way for determining the fluorescence lifetime using the antibunching effect.

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N. T. T. Bao, D. V. Trung and D. T. Phuong, Measuring anti-bunching Effect from Single Dye Molecules and Single Quantum Dots, Comm. Phys. 26 (2016) 67. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15625/0868-3166/26/1/7806.

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