Influences of light intensity on fluorescence lifetime of nanorods and quantum dots
Author(s) -
YiCheun Yeh,
ChiTsu Yuan,
ChiaCheng Kang,
PiTai Chou,
Jau Tang
Publication year - 2008
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 - 10.1063/1.3021366
Subject(s) - nanorod , quantum dot , fluorescence , light intensity , intensity (physics) , optoelectronics , materials science , photon , photon counting , optics , nanotechnology , physics
In this letter we investigate light-intensity dependence of the fluorescence lifetime for CdSe nanorods (NRs) and quantum dots (QDs) measured by time-correlated single photon counting techniques. We report extremely narrow lifetime distribution for NRs as the light intensity increases, although the change for QDs is not so pronounced. In addition, the averaged lifetimes for NRs and QDs all become shortened at higher light intensities. Some possible mechanisms for these effects are discussed.
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