Plasmon-mediated emergence of collective emission and enhanced quantum efficiency in quantum dot films

Praveena, M and Mukherjee, Arnab and Venkatapathi, Murugesan and Basu, JK (2015) Plasmon-mediated emergence of collective emission and enhanced quantum efficiency in quantum dot films. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 92 (23).

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Abstract

We present experimental and theoretical results on monolayer colloidal cadmium selenide quantum dot films embedded with tiny gold nanoparticles. By varying the density of the embedded gold nanoparticles, we were able to engineer a plasmon-mediated crossover from emission quenching to enhancement regime at interparticle distances for which only quenching of emission is expected. This crossover and a nonmonotonic variation of photoluminescence intensity and decay rate, in experiments, is explained in terms of a model for plasmon-mediated collective emission of quantum emitters which points to the emergence of a new regime in plasmon-exciton interactions. The presented methodology to achieve enhancement in optical quantum efficiency for optimal doping of gold nanoparticles in such ultrathin high-density quantum dot films can be beneficial for new-generation displays and photodetectors.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Publisher:	AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
Department/Centre:	Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Supercomputer Education & Research Centre Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	02 Jan 2016 07:34
Last Modified:	02 Jan 2016 07:34
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/52998

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