Temperature-tuning of near-infrared monodisperse quantum dot solids at 1.5 microm for controllable forster energy transfer

Nano Lett. 2008 Jul;8(7):2006-11. doi: 10.1021/nl8011243. Epub 2008 May 31.

Abstract

We present the first time-resolved cryogenic observations of Forster energy transfer in large, monodisperse lead sulfide quantum dots with ground-state transitions near 1.5 microm (0.8 eV), in environments from 160 K to room temperature. The observed temperature-dependent dipole-dipole transfer rate occurs in the range of (30-50 ns) (-1), measured with our confocal single-photon counting setup at 1.5 microm wavelengths. By temperature-tuning the dots, 94% efficiency of resonant energy transfer can be achieved for donor dots. The resonant transfer rates match well with proposed theoretical models.