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Photon-correlation Fourier spectroscopy

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: We describe a method to probe the spectral fluctuations of a transition over broad ranges of frequencies and timescales with the high spectral resolution of Fourier spectroscopy, and a temporal resolution as high as the excited state lifetime, even in the limit of very low photocounting rates. The method derives from a simple relation between the fluorescence spectral dynamics of a single radi-ating dipole and its fluorescence intensity correlations at the outputs of a continuously scanning Michelson interferometer. These findings define an approach to investigate the fast fluorescence spectral dynamics of single molecules and other faint light sources beyond the time-resolution capabilities of standard spectroscopy experiments.

Source: Optics Express

DOI: 10.1364/oe.14.006333

Authors: Xavier Brokmann, Moungi Bawendi, Laurent Coolen, Jean-Pierre Hermier

Institutions: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel

Language: English

Topic: Quantum optics and atomic interactions

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,270

OpenAlex ID: W2094805502

FWCI: 1.94

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Cited by: 69

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