Variation of photoluminescence spectral line shape of monolayer WS2

The origin of the variation of photoluminescence (PL) spectra of monolayer tungsten disulfide (WS₂) is investigated systematically. Dependence of the PL spectrum on the excitation power show that the relatively sharp component corresponds to excitons whereas the broader component at slightly lower energy corresponds to negatively charged trions. PL imaging and second harmonic generation measurements show that the trion signals are suppressed more than the exciton signals near the edges, thereby relatively enhancing the excitonic feature in the PL spectrum and that such relative enhancement of the exciton signals is more pronounced near approximately armchair edges. This effect is interpreted in terms of depletion of free electrons near the edges caused by structural defects and adsorption of electron acceptors such as oxygen atoms.     

CdSe/CdTe II型胶态量子阱中长寿命的单激子、带电激子和双激子

Light-harvesters with long-lived excited states are desired for efficient solar energy conversion systems. Many solar-to-fuel conversion reactions, such as H₂ evolution and CO₂ reduction, require multiple sequential electron transfer processes, which leads to a complicated situation that excited states involves not only excitons (electron-hole pairs) but also multi-excitons and charged excitons. While long-lived excitons can be obtained in various systems (e.g., semiconductor nanocrystals), multi-excitons and charged excitons are typically shorted-lived due to nonradiative Auger recombination pathways whereby the recombination energy of an exciton is quickly transferred to the third carrier on a few to hundreds of picoseconds timescale. In this work, we report a study of excitons, trions (an exciton plus an additional charge), and biexcitons in CdSe/CdTe colloidal quantum wells or nanoplatelets. The typeⅡ band alignment effectively separates electrons and holes in space, leading to a single exciton lifetime of 340 ns which is ~2 order of magnitudes longer than that in plane CdSe nanoplatelets. More importantly, the electron-hole separation also dramatically slows down Auger decay, giving rise to a trion lifetime of 70 ns and a biexciton lifetime of 11 ns, among the longest values ever reported for colloidal nanocrystals. The long-lived exciton, trion, and biexciton states, combined with the intrinsically strong light-absorption capability of two-dimensional systems, enable the CdSe/CdTe type-Ⅱ nanoplatelets as promising light harvesters for efficient solar-to-fuel conversion reactions.     

Neutral and positively charged excitons in quantum ring

We study theoretically quantized states of the neutral and positively charged exciton complexes confined within a circular narrow ring in the presence of the magnetic field applied along the symmetry axis. We show that in the structural adiabatic limit, when the width of the pattern of the particles pathways within the ring is much smaller than its radius, the wave equations for both complexes are separable and their exact solutions can be found in a form of the Fourier series of one and two variables, respectively. We present results of calculation of the lower energies of complexes as functions of the ring's radius and the magnetic field strength for different values of the electron-to-hole mass ratio. We found that in the molecular adiabatic limit, when this ratio tends to zero and the model describes the corresponding donor complexes, the physical interpretation of the quantum-size effect and the oscillations of energy levels in threading magnetic field revealed for the excitons spectra becomes more transparent.     

Polarization spectroscopy of positive and negative trions in an InAs quantum dot

Using polarization-sensitive photoluminescence and photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy, we study single InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots. The dots were embedded in an n-type, Schottky diode structure allowing for control of the charge state. We present here the exciton, singly charged exciton (positive and negative trions), and the twice negatively charged exciton. For non-resonant excitation below the wetting layer, we observed a large degree of polarization memory from the radiative recombination of both the positive and negative trions. In excitation spectra, through the p-shell, we have found several sharp resonances in the emission from the s-shell recombination of the dot in all charged states. Some of these excitation resonances exhibit strong coulomb shifts upon addition of charges into the quantum dot. One particular resonance of the negatively charged trion was found to exhibit a fine structure doublet under circular polarization. This observation is explained in terms of resonant absorption into the triplet states of the negative trion.     

温和氧气等离子体对薄层二硒化钼的荧光调控

近年来,二硒化钼(MoSe_2)作为二维过渡金属硫属化合物(TMDs)中的一员,引起学术界和产业界的高度关注和广泛研究.薄层MoSe_2由于其比单层MoSe_2厚度大所以光密度较高,在光电器件领域中具有潜在的应用.采用一种处于电容放电模式(E-mode)的温和氧气电感耦合等离子体对薄层MoSe_2进行处理,实现其荧光增强到15倍.结合拉曼、荧光、原子力显微镜和X射线光电子能谱仪的表征,发现氧等离子中的氧原子通过物理和化学吸附修复了薄层MoSe_2的原始缺陷,从而使其荧光大大增强,同时氧气的化学吸附诱导在MoSe_2层中引入了p型掺杂,由负激子转变为中性激子,此研究为调控薄层MoSe_2的光学特性提供了新途径.     

Binding energies of negatively charged excitons in quantum disks

The Hamiltonian of a negatively charged exciton X⁻ (trion) in a quantum disk with parabolic confinement has been diagonalized to obtain the binding eigenenergy values of the L1 states as a function of the electron-to-hole effective mass ratio and the disk radius. It is found that a negatively charged exciton X⁻ in a quantum disk may have the second bound state with orbital angular momentum L=1 and the triplet state of the two bound electrons.     

Optical orientation and spin relaxation of resident electrons in n-doped InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots

We report on optical orientation of electrons in n-doped InAs/GaAs quantum dots. Under non-resonant cw optical pumping, we measure a negative circular polarization of the luminescence of charged excitons (or trions) at low temperature (T=10 K). The dynamics of the recombination and of the circular polarization is studied by time-resolved spectroscopy. We discuss a simple theoretical model for the trion relaxation, that accounts for this remarkable polarization reversal. The interpretation relies on the bypass of Pauli blocking allowed by the anisotropic electron–hole exchange. Eventually, the spin relaxation time of doping electrons trapped in quantum dots is measured by a non-resonant pump–probe experiment.     

Fractional quasiexcitons in incompressible electron liquids

A new kind of many-body excitonic state composed of fractionally charged constituents is introduced. The constituents are a trion (X^-) embedded in an incompressible electron liquid and Laughlin quasiholes (QH's). Laughlin electron–trion correlations lead to an effective trion charge of -e/3. This many-body excitation is called “quasiexciton” and denoted by to distinguish it from a normal trion. The can bind one or two (e/3)-charged QH's, giving a neutral or a positive . The energy spectra and photoluminescence from radiative quasiexciton decay are studied numerically and interpreted using a generalized composite Fermion model of the e–X^- fluid.     

Optical switching of quantum states inside self-assembled quantum dots

Photoluminescence and excitation of photoluminescence spectroscopy have been performed for two kinds of single InAs self-assembled quantum dots grown on GaAs. The presence of unintentional impurities (donors and acceptors) offers the possibility to switch from negative to positively charged excitons by selectively exciting impurity related optical transitions.     

三氯异氰尿酸红外光谱测绘方法探讨

本文对ＫＢｒ压片法、ＫＣｌ压片法以及萨特勒图谱采用的，糊剂法所绘制的三氯异氰尿酸的红外光谱进行了分析、对照。ＫＣｌ压片法克服了溶剂的影响，简单、直观地体现了物质的精细结构。同时，将三氯异氰尿酸分别与ＫＣｌ、ＫＢｒ研磨，和三氯异氰尿酸纯品进行了紫外－可见吸收光谱对照。实验发现，与ＫＢｒ研磨的三氯异氰尿酸和纯品的吸收峰有差异，而与ＫＣｌ研磨后的三氯异氰尿酸和纯品一致，说明结构未发生变化。因此，认为ＫＣｌ压片法是绘制三氯异氰尿酸红外光谱较好的方法。