Organic Molecule Single-Photon Sources

Abstract

Since the onset of the 90’s, the development of single molecule spectroscopy has led to the discovery of various quantum optical signatures in organic single molecules. The single-photon nature of an organic chromophore is of particular importance because of its potential as a non-classical photon source at room temperature for quantum information science and optical quantum computing. This condensed review focuses on the introduction of fundamental knowledge and basic experimental methods for single photon sources and organic molecular photophysics, and summarizes the research developments in this field providing an understanding of quantum emission from organic single molecules.