Quantum Confinement Regimes in CdTe Nanocrystals Probed by Single Dot Spectroscopy: From Strong Confinement to the Bulk Limit

Jenya Tilchin, Freddy T. Rabouw, Maya Isarov, Roman Vaxenburg, Relinde Moes, Efrat Lifshitz*, Daniel Vanmaekelbergh

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticleAcademicpeer-review

Abstract

Sufficiently large semiconductor nanocrystals are a useful model system to characterize bulk-like excitons, with the electron and hole bound predominantly by Coulomb interaction. We present optical characterization of excitons in individual giant CdTe nanocrystals with diameters up to 25.5 nm at 4.2 K under varying excitation power and magnetic field strength. We determine values for the biexciton binding energy, diamagnetic shift constant, and Landé g-factor, which approach the bulk values with increasing nanocrystal size. (Figure Presented).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7840-7845
Number of pages6
JournalACS Nano
Volume9
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Aug 2015

Keywords

  • exciton localization
  • multiexcitons
  • semiconductor quantum dots
  • weak quantum confinement

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Quantum Confinement Regimes in CdTe Nanocrystals Probed by Single Dot Spectroscopy: From Strong Confinement to the Bulk Limit'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this