The hydrostatic-pressure shift of the zero-phonon lines of single terr
ylene molecules in a p-terphenyl host crystal was measured at 1.6 K. W
e found four inhomogeneous absorption bands of the terrylene molecules
in p-terphenyl with inhomogeneous widths between 15 and 33 GHz, corre
sponding to four crystal sites, and we measured the pressure shift of
single molecules in the sites X(2), X(3), and X(4). All the molecules
investigated (35 in total) exhibited a linear and reversible red-shift
with increasing pressure, with magnitudes between -0.92 and -1.48 MHz
/hPa. The pressure shift parameter was found to be independent of the
spectral position of the molecules.