Auger interactions in quantum dots: quantum-confined Auger recombination and electron-hole energy transfer

Author

Klimov, V. ; Mikhailovsky, A. ; Xu, S. ; McBranch, D. ; Malko, A. ; Leatherdale, C. ; Bawendi, M.

Author_Institution

Div. of Chem. Sci. & Technol., Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

12-12 May 2000

Firstpage

37

Abstract

Summary form only given. Auger effects play an important role in all types of materials systems from atoms and molecules to bulk semiconductors. The efficiency of Auger effects is greatly reduced in bulk materials, due to the reduced Coulomb electron-electron coupling and kinematic restrictions imposed by energy and momentum conservation. In the present work, to quantitatively study the modification of Auger-type interactions during a gradual transformation from the atomic/molecular to bulk-crystalline regimes we use chemically-synthesized nanoparticles or quantum dots (QDs), with sizes controlled with a high accuracy in the range from 1 to 10 nm.

Keywords

Auger effect; electron-electron interactions; electron-hole recombination; semiconductor quantum dots; Auger interactions; Auger-type interactions; bulk materials; bulk-crystalline regimes; chemically-synthesized nanoparticles; electron-hole energy transfer; energy conservation; high accuracy; kinematic restrictions; momentum conservation; quantum dots; quantum-confined Auger recombination; reduced Coulomb electron-electron coupling; Carrier confinement; Chemical technology; Data mining; Electromagnetic coupling; Potential well; Quantum dots; Radiative recombination; Spontaneous emission; US Department of Transportation; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2000. (QELS 2000). Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

ISSN

1094-5695

Print_ISBN

1-55752-608-7

Type

conf

Filename

901473