Masia, Francesco, Accanto, Nicolo, Langbein, Wolfgang Werner and Borri, Paola 2012. Spin-flip limited exciton dephasing in CdSe/ZnS colloidal quantum dots. Physical Review Letters 108 (8) , 087401. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.087401 |
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Abstract
The dephasing time of the lowest bright exciton in CdSe/ZnS wurtzite quantum dots is measured from 5 to 170 K and compared with density dynamics within the exciton fine structure using a sensitive three-beam four-wave-mixing technique unaffected by spectral diffusion. Pure dephasing via acoustic phonons dominates the initial dynamics, followed by an exponential zero-phonon line dephasing of 109 ps at 5 K, much faster than the ∼10 ns exciton radiative lifetime. The zero-phonon line dephasing is explained by phonon-assisted spin flip from the lowest bright state to dark-exciton states. This is confirmed by the temperature dependence of the exciton lifetime and by direct measurements of the bright-dark–exciton relaxation. Our results give an unambiguous evidence of the physical origin of the exciton dephasing in these nanocrystals.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Biosciences Physics and Astronomy |
Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QC Physics |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
ISSN: | 0031-9007 |
Funders: | EPSRC |
Last Modified: | 09 May 2019 20:50 |
URI: | http://orca.cf.ac.uk/id/eprint/33619 |
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