title: Single-molecule spectroscopy.
abstract: Recent experimental and theoretical studies concerning single-molecule spectroscopy in solids are discussed. Pure quantum effects--such as photon bunching, antibunching, and spectral jumps--and more classical phenomena--such as near-field excitation, saturation, ac/dc Stark shifts, spectral diffusion, two-photon excitation, and customary spectroscopic analysis--are considered. The emphasis of this review is on physical results and their interpretation. This is preceded by a general introduction, where fundamentals of single-molecule spectroscopy are explained.
authors.affiliation: Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Zentrum, CH-8092, Zurich, Switzerland. taras@phys.chem.ethz.ch
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Plakhotnik
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Donley
authors.forename: U P
authors.initials: UP
authors.lastname: Wild