Review Article
Photon Statistics in Single Molecule Experiments
Michel Orrit,
Michel Orrit
Molecular Physics, Huygens Laboratory, Postbus 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, University Leiden, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorMichel Orrit,
Michel Orrit
Molecular Physics, Huygens Laboratory, Postbus 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, University Leiden, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 19 November 2002
Citations: 26
Abstract
Single molecule fluorescence experiments yield a stream of photocounts, whose statistical properties contain valuable information about processes within the molecule and in its microscopic environment. The photon statistics display features specific of single quantum systems and are therefore best discussed in the frame of a quantum mechanical theory of radiation. The present summary of a lecture given in April 2002 at the Hofgeismar Spring School on single molecules presents the main concepts used in quantum theory of light, together with a few useful references, and discusses some illustrations and applications to single molecule measurements drawn from the recent literature.
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