We have applied defocused imaging of single fluorescent quantum dots to study the angular distribution of their emission. It is found that quantum dots exhibit an angular distribution best described by a superposition of emission of three perpendicular dipoles. A theory of the defocused images of such emitters is presented and compared with the measurements. Furthermore, it is shown that standard fluorescence anisotropy measurements are not able to uncover such complex emission behavior. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.
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Univ Michigan, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Solid State Elect Lab, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USAUniv Michigan, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Solid State Elect Lab, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
Bhattacharya, Pallab
Mi, Zetian
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Univ Michigan, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Solid State Elect Lab, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USAUniv Michigan, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Solid State Elect Lab, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA