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Freezing single molecule dynamics on interfaces and in polymersKrause, Stefan, Aramendia, Pedro F., Täuber, Daniela, von Borczyskowski, Christian 12 September 2013 (has links) (PDF)
Heterogeneous line broadening and spectral diffusion of the fluorescence emission spectra of perylene diimide molecules have been investigated by means of time dependent single molecule spectroscopy. The influence of temperature and environment has been studied and reveals strong correlation to spectral diffusion processes. We followed the freezing of the molecular mobility of quasi free molecules on the surface upon temperature lowering and by embedding into a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) polymer. Thereby changes of optical transition energies as a result of both intramolecular changes of conformation and external induced dynamics by the surrounding polymer matrix could be observed. Simulations of spectral fluctuations within a two-level system (TLS) model showed good agreement with the experimental findings.
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Corrélation de photons sur un émetteur de photons uniques semi-conducteur à température ambiante / Photon correlations on a room temperature semi-conductor single photon emitter.Bounouar, Samir 06 February 2012 (has links)
Le travail proposé dans cette thèse est basé sur des expérience de corrélation de photons faites sur un émetteur de photon unique semi conducteur: une boite quantique de CdSe dans un nanofil de ZnSe. La première démonstration d'émission de photons unique d'une boite quantique épitaxiée à température ambiante y est présentée. Pour expliquer ce résultat, nous avons étudie expérimentalement et théoriquement l'efficacité de couplage exciton-phonon et ses conséquences sur l'intensité de l'exciton avec la température. Nous présentons également des résultats optiques portant sur la robustesse de cette structure à haute température. La technique de corrélation de photons est également appliquée sur des boites quantiques chargées. la présence du exciton chargé nous a permis de sondé la structure fine du trio excité, de décrire ses processus de relaxations et d'obtenir une mesure direct du temps de spin flip du trou sur l'état p. Des indication sont également données sur la nature possible du dopage. Nous avons aussi étudié la diffusion spectrale de l'émetteur causée par les fluctuations électroniques de son environnement. Par un travail théorique nous montrons comment interpréter l'effet de l'élargissement phonon de la raie homogène, (processus poissonien) combiné avec l'effet de la diffusion spectral (processus markovien) sur la fonction de corrélation de la demi-raie. Grâce à l'expérience, nous concluons sur la statistique de l'énergie d'émission de l'émetteur à haute température. Nous appliquons cette théorie sur les nanofils et interprétons les dépendances en température et en puissance des fluctuations de l'environnement grâce au modèle de Kubo-Anderson. / The work proposed in this thesis is based on photon correlation experiments performed on a semi-conductor single photon emitter: CdSe/ZnSe nanowire quantum dot. Is presented the first demonstration of single photon emission at room temperature from an epitaxied quantum dot. To explain this result we investigated by a theoretical and experimental study, the exciton-phonon coupling efficiency and its consequence on the exciton luminescence intensity with temperature. We also present optical results on the robustness against temperature of this structure. Photon correlations techniques are also applied on charged quantum dots. Presence of the charged biexciton allowed to probe the fine structure of the excited trion, to describe its carrier relaxation processes, and to obtain a direct measurement of the p-shell hole spin flip time. Indications are also given on the possible doping nature. We also investigated spectral diffusion of the emitter caused by electronic fluctuations of the environnement. By a theoretical work, we show how to model the effect of the homogeneous phonon broadening, (poissonian emission energy process) combined with the spectral diffusion effect (markovian emission energy process) on the half line autocorrelation function. Thanks to experiments, We conclude on the statisic of the emission energy of the emitter at high temperature. We apply this theory on CdSe/ZnSe nanowire quantum dots and interpret temperature and power dependance of the environnement fluctuation thanks to the Kubo-Anderson Model.
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Ressonância Paramagnética Eletrônica: teoria da medida. Relaxação eletrônica do hidrogênio atômico intersticial em CaF2 : evidência da difusão espectral. / Eletron Paramagnetic Resonance: theory of experiments. Electronic relaxation of the intersticial atomic hydrogen in CaF2: evidence of spectral diffusionMagon, Claudio Jose 10 August 1979 (has links)
Na primeira parte deste trabalho, são discutidos alguns fatores que determinam a forma correta de operação de um espectro convencional de RPE. Um sistema específico, possuindo o circuito usual de \"ponte de microonda\", é analisado e as condições ideais para a realização da medida das duas componentes da susceptibilidade magnética complexa são determinadas. A seguir, mostra-mos os resultados encontrados para a relaxação eletrônica do hidrogênio atômico intersticial no CaF2. As medidas foram efetuadas utilizando técnicas de microonda pulsada, a 3 KGauss, para temperatura entre 1.6 e 4.2 0K. Os resultados experimentais foram interpretados, através dos dois processos seguintes: - difusão espectral entre spins pertencentes a uma mesma linha de absorção, e relaxação cruzada entre as diferentes componentes hiperfinas do espectro de absorção. A estes dois processos relacionamos tempos característicos da ordem de 10 ms a 60ms, respectivamente. / In the first part of this work some factors are discussed wich determine the correct way of operating of a convenctional EPR spectrometer. A specific system, having the usual \"microwave bridge\" circuit, is analysed and the complex conditions for the measurement of both components of the complex magnetic susceptibility are determined. We show results for the electronics relaxation of an interstitial atomic hydrogen in CaF2. Measurement were performed using the pulsed microwave technique at 3 kilogauss for temperatures between 1.6 and 4.2 0K.The experimental results were interpreted by means of two processes: - Spectral diffusion between spin states belonging to the same absorption line, and cross relaxation between different hyperfine components of the absorption spectrum. The characteristic times assigned to these processes are of the order or 10 ms and 60 ms respectively.
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Ressonância Paramagnética Eletrônica: teoria da medida. Relaxação eletrônica do hidrogênio atômico intersticial em CaF2 : evidência da difusão espectral. / Eletron Paramagnetic Resonance: theory of experiments. Electronic relaxation of the intersticial atomic hydrogen in CaF2: evidence of spectral diffusionClaudio Jose Magon 10 August 1979 (has links)
Na primeira parte deste trabalho, são discutidos alguns fatores que determinam a forma correta de operação de um espectro convencional de RPE. Um sistema específico, possuindo o circuito usual de \"ponte de microonda\", é analisado e as condições ideais para a realização da medida das duas componentes da susceptibilidade magnética complexa são determinadas. A seguir, mostra-mos os resultados encontrados para a relaxação eletrônica do hidrogênio atômico intersticial no CaF2. As medidas foram efetuadas utilizando técnicas de microonda pulsada, a 3 KGauss, para temperatura entre 1.6 e 4.2 0K. Os resultados experimentais foram interpretados, através dos dois processos seguintes: - difusão espectral entre spins pertencentes a uma mesma linha de absorção, e relaxação cruzada entre as diferentes componentes hiperfinas do espectro de absorção. A estes dois processos relacionamos tempos característicos da ordem de 10 ms a 60ms, respectivamente. / In the first part of this work some factors are discussed wich determine the correct way of operating of a convenctional EPR spectrometer. A specific system, having the usual \"microwave bridge\" circuit, is analysed and the complex conditions for the measurement of both components of the complex magnetic susceptibility are determined. We show results for the electronics relaxation of an interstitial atomic hydrogen in CaF2. Measurement were performed using the pulsed microwave technique at 3 kilogauss for temperatures between 1.6 and 4.2 0K.The experimental results were interpreted by means of two processes: - Spectral diffusion between spin states belonging to the same absorption line, and cross relaxation between different hyperfine components of the absorption spectrum. The characteristic times assigned to these processes are of the order or 10 ms and 60 ms respectively.
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Freezing single molecule dynamics on interfaces and in polymersKrause, Stefan, Aramendia, Pedro F., Täuber, Daniela, von Borczyskowski, Christian 12 September 2013 (has links)
Heterogeneous line broadening and spectral diffusion of the fluorescence emission spectra of perylene diimide molecules have been investigated by means of time dependent single molecule spectroscopy. The influence of temperature and environment has been studied and reveals strong correlation to spectral diffusion processes. We followed the freezing of the molecular mobility of quasi free molecules on the surface upon temperature lowering and by embedding into a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) polymer. Thereby changes of optical transition energies as a result of both intramolecular changes of conformation and external induced dynamics by the surrounding polymer matrix could be observed. Simulations of spectral fluctuations within a two-level system (TLS) model showed good agreement with the experimental findings.
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Integrated photonic systems for single photon generation and quantum applicationsSchröder, Tim 08 April 2013 (has links)
Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Dissertation wurden neuartige integrierte Einzelphotonenquellen (EPQ) und ihre Anwendung für die Quanteninformationsverarbeitung entwickelt und untersucht. Die Erzeugung von Einzelphotonen basiert auf einzelnen Defektzentren in nanometergroßen Diamantkristallen mit einzigartigen optischen Eigenschaften: Stabilität bei Zimmertemperatur ohne optisches Blinken. Diamantkristalle mit Größen bis unter 20nm wurden mit neuartigen „pick-and-place“ Techniken (z.B. mit einem Atomkraftmikroskop) in komplexe photonische Strukturen integriert. Zwei unterschiedliche Ansätze für die Realisierung der neuartigen EPQ wurden verfolgt. Beim ersten werden fluoreszierende Diamantkristalle in nano- und mikrometergroße Faser-basierte oder resonante Strukturen in einem „bottom-up“ Ansatz integriert, dadurch werden zusätzliche optische Komponenten überflüssig und das Gesamtsystem ultra-stabil und wartungsfrei. Der zweite Ansatz beruht auf einem Festkörperimmersionsmikroskop (FIM). Seine Festkörperimmersionslinse wirkt wie eine dielektrische Antenne für die Emission der Defektzentren. Es ermöglicht die höchsten bisher erreichten Photonenzählraten von Stickstoff-Fehlstellen von bis zu 2.4Mcts/s und Einsammeleffizienzen von bis zu 4.2%. Durch Anwendung des FIM bei cryogenen Temperaturen wurden neuartige Anwendungen und fundamentale Untersuchungen möglich, weil Photonenraten signifikant erhöht wurden. Die Bestimmung der spektralen Diffusionszeit eines einzelnen Defektzentrums (2.2µs) gab neue Erkenntnisse über die Ursachen von spektraler Diffusion. Spektrale Diffusion ist eine limitierende Eigenschaft für die Realisierung von Quanteninformationsanwendungen. Das Tisch-basierte FIM wurde außerdem als kompakte mobile EPQ mit Ausmaßen von nur 7x19x23cm^3 realisiert. Es wurde für ein Quantenkryptographie-Experiment implementiert, zum ersten Mal mit Siliziumdefektzentren. Des Weiteren wurde ein neues Konzept für die Erzeugung von infraroten EPQ entwickelt und realisiert. / The presented thesis covers the development and investigation of novel integrated single photon (SP) sources and their application for quantum information schemes. SP generation was based on single defect centers in diamond nanocrystals. Such defect centers offer unique optical properties as they are room temperature stable, non-blinking, and do not photo-bleach over time. The fluorescent nanocrystals are mechanically stable, their size down to 20nm enabled the development of novel nano-manipulation pick-and-place techniques, e.g., with an atomic force microscope, for integration into photonic structures. Two different approaches were pursued to realize novel SP sources. First, fluorescent diamond nanocrystals were integrated into nano- and micrometer scaled fiber devices and resonators, making them ultra-stable and maintenance free. Secondly, a solid immersion microscope (SIM) was developed. Its solid immersion lens acts as a dielectric antenna for the emission of defect centers, enabling the highest photon rates of up to 2.4Mcts/s and collection efficiencies of up to 4.2% from nitrogen vacancy defect centers achieved to date. Implementation of the SIM at cryogenic temperatures enabled novel applications and fundamental investigations due to increased photon rates. The determination of the spectral diffusion time of a single nitrogen vacancy defect center (2.2µs) gave new insights about the mechanisms causing spectral diffusion. Spectral diffusion is a limiting property for quantum information applications. The table-top SIM was integrated into a compact mobile SP system with dimension of only 7x19x23cm^3 while still maintaining record-high stable SP rates. This makes it interesting for various SP applications. First, a quantum key distribution scheme based on the BB84 protocol was implemented, for the first time also with silicon vacancy defect centers. Secondly, a conceptually novel scheme for the generation of infrared SPs was introduced and realized.
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Characterization of heterogeneous diffusion in confined soft matterTäuber, Daniela 26 October 2011 (has links) (PDF)
A new method, probability distribution of diffusivities (time scaled square displacements between succeeding video frames), was developed to analyze single molecule tracking (SMT) experiments. This method was then applied to SMT experiments on ultrathin liquid tetrakis(2-ethylhexoxy)silane (TEHOS) films on Si wafer with 100 nm thermally grown oxide, and on thin semectic liquid crystal films. Spatial maps of diffusivities from SMT experiments on 220 nm thick semectic liquid crystal films reveal structure related dynamics. The SMT experiments on ultrathin TEHOS films were complemented by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). The observed strongly heterogeneous single molecule dynamics within those films can be explained by a three-layer model consisting of (i) dye molecules adsorbed to the substrate, (ii) slowly diffusing molecules in the laterally heterogeneous near-surface region of 1 - 2 molecular diameters, and (iii) freely diffusing dye molecules in the upper region of the film. FCS and SMT experiments reveal a strong influence of substrate heterogeneity on SM dynamics. Thereby chemisorption to substrate surface silanols plays an important role. Vertical mean first passage times (mfpt) in those films are below 1 µs. This appears as fast component in FCS autocorrelation curves, which further contain a contribution from lateral diffusion and from adsorption events. Therefore, the FCS curves are approximated by a tri-component function, which contains an exponential term related to the mfpt, the correlation function for translational diffusion and a stretched exponential term for the broad distribution of adsorption events. Lateral diffusion coefficients obtained by FCS on 10 nm thick TEHOS films, thereby, are effective diffusion coefficients from dye transients in the focal area. They strongly depend on the substrate heterogeneity. Variation of the frame times for the acquisition of SMT experiments in steps of 20 ms from 20 ms to 200 ms revealed a strong dependence of the corresponding probability distributions of diffusivities on time, in particular in the range between 20 ms and 100 ms. This points to average dwell times of the dye molecules in at least one type of the heterogeneous regions (e.g. on and above silanol clusters) in the range of few tens of milliseconds.
Furthermore, time series of SM spectra from Nile Red in 25 nm thick poly-n-alkyl-methacrylate (PnAMA) films were studied. In analogy to translational diffusion, spectral diffusion (shifts in energetic positions of SM spectra) can be studied by probability distributions of spectral diffusivities, i.e. time scaled square energetic displacements. Simulations were run and analyzed to study contributions from noise and fitting uncertainty to spectral diffusion. Furthermore the effect of spectral jumps during acquisition of a SM spectrum was investigated. Probability distributions of spectral diffusivites of Nile Red probing vitreous PnAMA films reveal a two-level system. In contrast, such probability distributions obtained from Nile Red within a 25 nm thick poly-n-butylmethacrylate film around glass transition and in the melt state, display larger spectral jumps. Moreover, for longer alkyl side chains a solvent shift to higher energies is observed, which supports the idea of nanophase separation within those polymers.
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Characterization of heterogeneous diffusion in confined soft matterTäuber, Daniela 20 October 2011 (has links)
A new method, probability distribution of diffusivities (time scaled square displacements between succeeding video frames), was developed to analyze single molecule tracking (SMT) experiments. This method was then applied to SMT experiments on ultrathin liquid tetrakis(2-ethylhexoxy)silane (TEHOS) films on Si wafer with 100 nm thermally grown oxide, and on thin semectic liquid crystal films. Spatial maps of diffusivities from SMT experiments on 220 nm thick semectic liquid crystal films reveal structure related dynamics. The SMT experiments on ultrathin TEHOS films were complemented by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). The observed strongly heterogeneous single molecule dynamics within those films can be explained by a three-layer model consisting of (i) dye molecules adsorbed to the substrate, (ii) slowly diffusing molecules in the laterally heterogeneous near-surface region of 1 - 2 molecular diameters, and (iii) freely diffusing dye molecules in the upper region of the film. FCS and SMT experiments reveal a strong influence of substrate heterogeneity on SM dynamics. Thereby chemisorption to substrate surface silanols plays an important role. Vertical mean first passage times (mfpt) in those films are below 1 µs. This appears as fast component in FCS autocorrelation curves, which further contain a contribution from lateral diffusion and from adsorption events. Therefore, the FCS curves are approximated by a tri-component function, which contains an exponential term related to the mfpt, the correlation function for translational diffusion and a stretched exponential term for the broad distribution of adsorption events. Lateral diffusion coefficients obtained by FCS on 10 nm thick TEHOS films, thereby, are effective diffusion coefficients from dye transients in the focal area. They strongly depend on the substrate heterogeneity. Variation of the frame times for the acquisition of SMT experiments in steps of 20 ms from 20 ms to 200 ms revealed a strong dependence of the corresponding probability distributions of diffusivities on time, in particular in the range between 20 ms and 100 ms. This points to average dwell times of the dye molecules in at least one type of the heterogeneous regions (e.g. on and above silanol clusters) in the range of few tens of milliseconds.
Furthermore, time series of SM spectra from Nile Red in 25 nm thick poly-n-alkyl-methacrylate (PnAMA) films were studied. In analogy to translational diffusion, spectral diffusion (shifts in energetic positions of SM spectra) can be studied by probability distributions of spectral diffusivities, i.e. time scaled square energetic displacements. Simulations were run and analyzed to study contributions from noise and fitting uncertainty to spectral diffusion. Furthermore the effect of spectral jumps during acquisition of a SM spectrum was investigated. Probability distributions of spectral diffusivites of Nile Red probing vitreous PnAMA films reveal a two-level system. In contrast, such probability distributions obtained from Nile Red within a 25 nm thick poly-n-butylmethacrylate film around glass transition and in the melt state, display larger spectral jumps. Moreover, for longer alkyl side chains a solvent shift to higher energies is observed, which supports the idea of nanophase separation within those polymers.
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