Califano, M., Franceschetti, A. and Zunger, A. (2007) Lifetime and polarization of the radiative decay of excitons, biexcitons and trions in CdSe nanocrystal quantum dots. Physical Review B, 75 (11). Art. No. 115401. ISSN 1550-235x
Abstract
Using the pseudopotential configuration-interaction method, we calculate the intrinsic lifetime and polarization of the radiative decay of single excitons (X), positive and negative trions (X+ and X−), and biexcitons (XX) in CdSe nanocrystal quantum dots. We investigate the effects of the inclusion of increasingly more complex many-body treatments, starting from the single-particle approach and culminating with the configuration-interaction scheme. Our configuration-interaction results for the size dependence of the single-exciton radiative lifetime at room temperature are in excellent agreement with recent experimental data. We also find the following. (i) Whereas the polarization of the bright exciton emission is always perpendicular to the hexagonal c axis, the polarization of the dark exciton switches from perpendicular to parallel to the hexagonal c axis in large dots, in agreement with experiment. (ii) The ratio of the radiative lifetimes of mono- and biexcitons (X):(XX) is ~1:1 in large dots (R=19.2 Å). This ratio increases with decreasing nanocrystal size, approaching 2 in small dots (R=10.3 Å). (iii) The calculated ratio (X+):(X−) between positive and negative trion lifetimes is close to 2 for all dot sizes considered.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2007 American Physical Society. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Physical Review B. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering (Leeds) > Pollard Institute (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Sherpa Assistant |
Date Deposited: | 15 Aug 2008 13:43 |
Last Modified: | 16 Sep 2016 13:36 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.75.115401 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.115401 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:4331 |