Room-temperature exciton storage in elongated semiconductor nanocrystals |
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Authors: | Kraus R M Lagoudakis P G Rogach A L Talapin D V Weller H Lupton J M Feldmann J |
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Affiliation: | Photonics and Optoelectronics Group, Physics Department and CeNS, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?t, Amalienstrasse 54, 80799 München, Germany. |
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Abstract: | The excited state of colloidal nanoheterostructures consisting of a spherical CdSe nanocrystal with an epitaxially attached CdS rod can be perturbed effectively by electric fields. Field-induced fluorescence quenching coincides with a conversion of the excited state species from the bright exciton to a metastable trapped state (dark exciton) characterized by a power-law luminescence decay. The conversion is reversible so that up to 10% of quenched excitons recombine radiatively post turn-off of a 1 micro s field pulse, increasing the delayed luminescence by a factor of 80. Excitons can be stored for up to 10(5) times the natural lifetime, opening up applications in optical memory elements. |
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