Ebook: Selective Spectroscopy of Single Molecules

This book is a comprehensive guide to the theory of optical band shape of guest-molecule-doped crystals, polymers and glasses. The dynamics of a single molecule, measured with the help of a train of photons emitted at random time moments, is a main subject of the book. The dynamics is calculated with the help of quantum-mechanical methods and equations for the density matrix of the system consisting of a single chromophore interacting with light, phonons and non-equilibrium tunneling systems of polymers and glasses. A dynamical theory for one- and two-photon counting methods used in single molecule spectroscopy is presented. Photon bunching and antibunching, jumps of optical lines, and quantum trajectories of various types are further topics addressed. This is the first book to present a detailed theoretical basis for single molecule spectroscopy. It also describes numerous experimental applications of the theory.

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This book is a comprehensive guide to the theory of optical band shape of guest-molecule-doped crystals, polymers and glasses. The dynamics of a single molecule, measured with the help of a train of photons emitted at random time moments, is a main subject of the book. The dynamics is calculated with the help of quantum-mechanical methods and equations for the density matrix of the system consisting of a single chromophore interacting with light, phonons and non-equilibrium tunneling systems of polymers and glasses. A dynamical theory for one- and two-photon counting methods used in single molecule spectroscopy is presented. Photon bunching and antibunching, jumps of optical lines, and quantum trajectories of various types are further topics addressed. This is the first book to present a detailed theoretical basis for single molecule spectroscopy. It also describes numerous experimental applications of the theory.

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This book is a comprehensive guide to the theory of optical band shape of guest-molecule-doped crystals, polymers and glasses. The dynamics of a single molecule, measured with the help of a train of photons emitted at random time moments, is a main subject of the book. The dynamics is calculated with the help of quantum-mechanical methods and equations for the density matrix of the system consisting of a single chromophore interacting with light, phonons and non-equilibrium tunneling systems of polymers and glasses. A dynamical theory for one- and two-photon counting methods used in single molecule spectroscopy is presented. Photon bunching and antibunching, jumps of optical lines, and quantum trajectories of various types are further topics addressed. This is the first book to present a detailed theoretical basis for single molecule spectroscopy. It also describes numerous experimental applications of the theory.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Quantum Principles of Two-Level Atomic Spectroscopy....Pages 7-20
Two-Photon Start-Stop Correlator....Pages 21-37
Full Two-Photon Correlator....Pages 39-52
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
Adiabatic Interaction....Pages 55-59
Natural Vibrations of Solids....Pages 61-73
Tunneling Systems in Solids....Pages 75-92
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Density Matrix for an Impurity Center....Pages 95-108
One- and Two-Photon Counting Methods in the Spectroscopy of a Single Impurity Center....Pages 109-122
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Stochastic Theories of Line Broadening....Pages 125-136
Dynamical Theory of Electron-Phonon Bands....Pages 137-151
Vibronic Spectra of Complex Molecules....Pages 153-166
Dynamical Theory of Line Broadening....Pages 167-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Fluorescence Line Narrowing....Pages 195-203
Spectral Hole Burning in Inhomogeneous Optical Bands....Pages 205-229
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Coherent Radiation of Molecular Ensembles....Pages 233-240
Photon Echo....Pages 241-262
Nonexponential Photon Echo....Pages 263-280
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Theory of Electron-Tunnelon Optical Band....Pages 283-296
Chromophore Interacting with Phonons and TLSs Which Are not in Thermal Equilibrium....Pages 297-312
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Dynamical Theory of Spectral Diffusion....Pages 313-323
Theory of Tunneling Transitions in TLSs....Pages 325-332
Investigating TLS Relaxation by Single-Molecule Spectroscopy....Pages 333-348
Back Matter....Pages 349-384

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This book is a comprehensive guide to the theory of optical band shape of guest-molecule-doped crystals, polymers and glasses. The dynamics of a single molecule, measured with the help of a train of photons emitted at random time moments, is a main subject of the book. The dynamics is calculated with the help of quantum-mechanical methods and equations for the density matrix of the system consisting of a single chromophore interacting with light, phonons and non-equilibrium tunneling systems of polymers and glasses. A dynamical theory for one- and two-photon counting methods used in single molecule spectroscopy is presented. Photon bunching and antibunching, jumps of optical lines, and quantum trajectories of various types are further topics addressed. This is the first book to present a detailed theoretical basis for single molecule spectroscopy. It also describes numerous experimental applications of the theory.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Quantum Principles of Two-Level Atomic Spectroscopy....Pages 7-20
Two-Photon Start-Stop Correlator....Pages 21-37
Full Two-Photon Correlator....Pages 39-52
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
Adiabatic Interaction....Pages 55-59
Natural Vibrations of Solids....Pages 61-73
Tunneling Systems in Solids....Pages 75-92
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Density Matrix for an Impurity Center....Pages 95-108
One- and Two-Photon Counting Methods in the Spectroscopy of a Single Impurity Center....Pages 109-122
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Stochastic Theories of Line Broadening....Pages 125-136
Dynamical Theory of Electron-Phonon Bands....Pages 137-151
Vibronic Spectra of Complex Molecules....Pages 153-166
Dynamical Theory of Line Broadening....Pages 167-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Fluorescence Line Narrowing....Pages 195-203
Spectral Hole Burning in Inhomogeneous Optical Bands....Pages 205-229
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Coherent Radiation of Molecular Ensembles....Pages 233-240
Photon Echo....Pages 241-262
Nonexponential Photon Echo....Pages 263-280
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Theory of Electron-Tunnelon Optical Band....Pages 283-296
Chromophore Interacting with Phonons and TLSs Which Are not in Thermal Equilibrium....Pages 297-312
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Dynamical Theory of Spectral Diffusion....Pages 313-323
Theory of Tunneling Transitions in TLSs....Pages 325-332
Investigating TLS Relaxation by Single-Molecule Spectroscopy....Pages 333-348
Back Matter....Pages 349-384
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