High resolution resonant photoluminescence excitation of CdSe∕ZnS nanocrystals at low temperatures
Author(s) -
Olivier Labeau,
Philippe Tamarat,
Brahim Lounis
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.2208962
Subject(s) - photoluminescence , excitation , materials science , exciton , photoluminescence excitation , optoelectronics , nanocrystal , liquid helium , helium , atomic physics , nanotechnology , condensed matter physics , physics , quantum mechanics
We present a new technique to perform high resolution resonant photoluminescence excitation of CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals. The method takes advantage of the long photoluminescence decay times (~ 1 Μs) observed in this system at liquid helium temperatures. Resonant photoluminescence excitation can be performed using a tunable pulsed excitation and a time-gated detection. Spectral hole burning investigations on an ensemble of CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals lead to homogeneous linewidths of ~100 µeV for the band edge exciton state
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