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High-Resolution Cryogenic Spectroscopy of Single Molecules in Nanoprinted Crystals

Mohammad Musavinezhad, Jan Renger, Johannes Zirkelbach, Tobias Utikal, Claudio U. Hail, Thomas Basché, Dimos Poulikakos, Stephan Götzinger, Vahid Sandoghdar

ACS Nano· Volume 18· Issue 33
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Abstract

We perform laser spectroscopy at liquid helium temperatures (T = 2 K) to investigate single dibenzoterrylene (DBT) molecules doped in anthracene crystals of nanoscopic height fabricated by electrohydrodynamic dripping. Using high-resolution fluorescence excitation spectroscopy, we show that zero-phonon lines of single molecules in printed nanocrystals are nearly as narrow as the Fourier-limited transitions observed for the same guest-host system in the bulk. Moreover, the spectral instabilities are comparable to or less than one line width. By recording super-resolution images of DBT molecules and varying the polarization of the excitation beam, we determine the dimensions of the printed crystals and the orientation of the crystals' axes. Electrohydrodynamic printing of organic nano- and microcrystals is of interest for a series of applications, where controlled positioning of quantum emitters with narrow optical transitions is desirable.
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Research context

Nanomaterials

OpenAlex topics: nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions · Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies · Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics

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Affiliations

Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany

Department of Physics, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany

Faculty of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians−Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States

Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University, 55099 Mainz, Germany

Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland

Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT), Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, D-91052 Erlangen, Germany

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung · Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft · Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

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