Enhanced tunability of the multiphoton absorption cross-section in seeded CdSe/CdS nanorod heterostructures

Guichuan Xing*, Sabyasachi Chakrabortty, Kok Loong Chou, Nimai Mishra, Cheng Hon Alfred Huan, Yinthai Chan, Tze Chien Sum

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Abstract

We present a method to separately tune the multiphoton absorption (MPA) and multiphoton excited photoluminescence using semiconductor core/enlarged-shell quantum dots (QDs), where the enlarged shell greatly enhances the MPA cross-sections while varying the core size facilitates emission wavelength selectivity. Following two-photon absorption (2PA) primarily in the shell and ultrafast charge-carrier localization to the core, luminescence occurs. We exemplify the validity of this method with CdSe/CdS nanorod heterostructures and find that the 2PA cross-section is enlarged to ∼1.4× 106 GM for 180 nm nanorods (with 800 nm, 150 fs laser pulse excitation) which is two to four orders larger than that of CdSe QDs.

Original languageEnglish
Article number061112
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume97
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 9 2010
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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