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  • Electrically driven single-...
    Zhang, Li; Yu, Yun-Jie; Chen, Liu-Guo; Luo, Yang; Yang, Ben; Kong, Fan-Fang; Chen, Gong; Zhang, Yang; Zhang, Qiang; Luo, Yi; Yang, Jin-Long; Dong, Zhen-Chao; Hou, J G

    Nature communications, 09/2017, Letnik: 8, Številka: 1
    Journal Article

    Electrically driven molecular light emitters are considered to be one of the promising candidates as single-photon sources. However, it is yet to be demonstrated that electrically driven single-photon emission can indeed be generated from an isolated single molecule notwithstanding fluorescence quenching and technical challenges. Here, we report such electrically driven single-photon emission from a well-defined single molecule located inside a precisely controlled nanocavity in a scanning tunneling microscope. The effective quenching suppression and nanocavity plasmonic enhancement allow us to achieve intense and stable single-molecule electroluminescence. Second-order photon correlation measurements reveal an evident photon antibunching dip with the single-photon purity down to g (0) = 0.09, unambiguously confirming the single-photon emission nature of the single-molecule electroluminescence. Furthermore, we demonstrate an ultrahigh-density array of identical single-photon emitters.Molecular emitters offer a promising solution for single-photon generation. Here, by exploiting electronic decoupling by an ultrathin dielectric spacer and emission enhancement by a resonant plasmonic nanocavity, the authors demonstrate electrically driven single-photon emission from a single molecule.