The ability to control the photon emission from single-molecule quantum emitters is the key toward their implementation in optoelectronics. Here we demonstrate that the emission wavelength of a single copper-phthalocyanine (CuPc) molecule can be reproducibly tuned by atomic-scale manipulations on the surface of an ionic crystal, using a scanning probe light microscope. We explain this by the effect of the local dielectric environment on the molecular emitter.
Contact person: Mgr. Martin Švec, Ph.D.
Collaborating institutions:
Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials,
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences,
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Spain,
Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Madrid, Spain,
Department of Petrochemistry and Refining, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo