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

ACS Nano. 2015 Aug 25;9(8):7840-5. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02597. Epub 2015 Jul 22.

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.

Keywords: exciton localization; multiexcitons; semiconductor quantum dots; weak quantum confinement.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't