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Photon bursts of single rhodamine 6G and rhodamine B molecules in aqueous solution were studied by excitation with a frequency-doubled titanium: sapphire laser. Multichannel scalar traces, fluorescence correlation functions and fluorescence decays determined by time- correlated single-photon counting have been measured simultaneously. The time-resolved fluorescence signals were analyzed with a maximum likelihood estimator. With the setup described it is possible to distinguish single dye molecules of different kind via their characteristic fluorescence lifetimes of 1.79 +/- 0.33 ns for rhodamine B-zwitterion and 3.79 +/- 0.38 ns for rhodamine 6G. ©2005 Copyright SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering.

Original publication

DOI

10.1117/12.273566

Type

Journal article

Journal

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Publication Date

01/12/1997

Volume

2980

Pages

107 - 114