Michel Orrit

Michèl Orrit (2017)

Michel Orrit (born February 27, 1956 in Toulouse ) is a French physicist in the field of nanotechnology . Along with William Moerner, he is one of the pioneers of single-molecule spectroscopy . In 1990 he succeeded in detecting the fluorescence of individual dye molecules. Moerner had published the proof of individual molecules in the absorption the year before .

Orrit received his doctorate from the University of Bordeaux and was a postdoc in Göttingen in 1985 on a Humboldt fellowship . There he worked with Hans Kuhn and Dietmar Möbius on dye-doped Langmuir-Blodgett layers . Back in Bordeaux, he used spectral hole burning to study the low temperature dynamics and molecular orientation in ultra-thin molecular films. In 2001 he moved from Bordeaux to the University of Leiden .

Orrit researches in the field of single molecules, photophysics , polymers , Raman spectroscopy and supercooled liquids . He is a professor at the University of Leiden and heads the Single-Molecule Optics group .

In 1990, Orrit, together with his colleague J. Bernard, took a decisive step towards establishing single-molecule detection: He examined single, fluorescent pentacene molecules at low temperatures and irradiated them with narrow-band laser light . With the help of an optical long-pass filter , he separated the excitation light and the resulting fluorescence.

Awards

1998 Hans Sigrist Prize from the University of Bern
1985 Humboldt grant for a research stay in Göttingen
1985 Hughes Prize from the French Académie des Sciences
1998 Prix Langevin of the French Académie des Sciences
2000 Gay Lussac Humboldt Prize
2007 Bonhoeffer Medal from the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry , Göttingen, Germany
2008 ERC Advanced Grant
2010 Harkins Lecturer, Chicago, USA
2016 Edison-Volta-Preis fundamental contributions to optics, to single-molecule spectroscopy (first discovery of single molecules with fluorescence and first optical detection of magnetic resonance of a single molecule) and for pioneering investigations in photo flashing and photo-bleaching behavior of single molecules at the center of many current optical experiments with very high Resolution (laudation)
2017 Spinoza Prize
2018 Honorary Professor at the Moscow State Pedagogical University
2018 member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences

Web links

Homepage of Michel Orrit. Leiden Institute of Physics(English, with picture).; accessed on October 14, 2018
The Single-Molecule Optics group. Leiden Institute of Physics(English).; accessed on October 14, 2018
Profile Michel Orrit. Academy of Europe(English, with link to short résumé).; accessed on October 14, 2018
Christoph Bräuchle: Laudation for Michel Orrit. Academy of Europe (English).; accessed on October 14, 2018
Florian Kulzer, Ted Xia, Michel Orrit: Single molecules as optical nanoprobes for soft and complex matter . In: Angewandte Chemie . tape 122 , 2010, p. 866-879 , doi : 10.1002 / anie.200904858 . .
Spinoza Prize for Michel Orrit, Professor of Spectroscopy. Leiden University, June 17, 2017(interview).; accessed on October 14, 2018

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b M. Orrit, J. Bernard: Single pentacene molecules detected by fluorescence excitation in a p-terphenyl crystal . In: Phys. Rev. Lett. tape 65 , 1990, pp. 2716 , doi : 10.1103 / PhysRevLett.65.2716 .
↑ Profile Michel Orrit. Academy of Europe, accessed on October 14, 2018 (English, with a link to a short résumé).
↑ Profile of Prof. Dr. Michel Orrit. TU Braunschweig, accessed on October 14, 2018 .
↑ 1998 Hans Sigrist Prize. (pdf) Hans Sigrist Foundation of the University of Bern, accessed on October 14, 2018 (English).
↑ Laudation for the award of the Volta Prize 2016. EPS, April 26, 2016, accessed on October 14, 2018 (English, for seminal contributions to optical science, to the field of single-molecule spectroscopy and imaging (first single molecule detection by fluorescence and first optical detection of magnetic resonance in single molecule) and for pioneering investigations into the photoblinking and photobleaching behaviors of individual molecules at the heart of many current optical super-resolution experiments. ).
↑ Prof. MAGJ (Michel) Orrit. In: Spinoza Laureates. NWO, accessed on October 14, 2018 .
↑ honorary professor M.Orrit profile on the MSPU website. (html) MSPU, accessed June 11, 2020 (Russian).
↑ Honorary Professor MSPU University Ceremony. (html) MSPU, accessed June 11, 2020 (Russian).

personal data
SURNAME	Orrit, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French physicist in the field of nanotechnology
DATE OF BIRTH	February 27, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Toulouse

[OrBe1990-1] M. Orrit, J. Bernard: Single pentacene molecules detected by fluorescence excitation in a p-terphenyl crystal . In: Phys. Rev. Lett. tape 65 , 1990, pp. 2716 , doi : 10.1103 / PhysRevLett.65.2716 .

[2] Profile Michel Orrit. Academy of Europe, accessed on October 14, 2018 (English, with a link to a short résumé).

[3] Profile of Prof. Dr. Michel Orrit. TU Braunschweig, accessed on October 14, 2018 .

[4] 1998 Hans Sigrist Prize. (pdf) Hans Sigrist Foundation of the University of Bern, accessed on October 14, 2018 (English).

[5] Laudation for the award of the Volta Prize 2016. EPS, April 26, 2016, accessed on October 14, 2018 (English, for seminal contributions to optical science, to the field of single-molecule spectroscopy and imaging (first single molecule detection by fluorescence and first optical detection of magnetic resonance in single molecule) and for pioneering investigations into the photoblinking and photobleaching behaviors of individual molecules at the heart of many current optical super-resolution experiments. ).

[6] Prof. MAGJ (Michel) Orrit. In: Spinoza Laureates. NWO, accessed on October 14, 2018 .

[7] honorary professor M.Orrit profile on the MSPU website. (html) MSPU, accessed June 11, 2020 (Russian).

[8] Honorary Professor MSPU University Ceremony. (html) MSPU, accessed June 11, 2020 (Russian).