Fluorescence Intermittency of A Single Quantum System and Anderson Localization
Abstract
The nature of fluorescence intermittency for semiconductor quantum dots (QD) and single molecules (SM) is proposed as a manifestation of Anderson localization. The power law like distribution for the on time is explained as due to the interaction between QD/SM with a random environment. In particular, we find that the on-time probability distribution behaves differently in localized and delocalized regimes. They, when properly scaled, are universal for different QD/SM systems. The on-time probability distribution function in the delocalized QD/SM regime can be approximated by power laws with exponents covering -2 m <0. QD/SM switches to a dark (off) state when a charge of QD/SM hops into the trap states, which becomes localized after stabilization by the surrounding matrix.
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