Optically Active Charge Traps and Chemical Defects in Semiconducting Nanocrystals Probed by Pulsed Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)

Colloidal nanocrystals show much promise as an optoelectronics architecture due to facile control over electronic properties afforded by chemical control of size, shape, and heterostructure. Unfortunately, realizing practical devices has been forestalled by the ubiquitous presence of charge "trap" states which compete with band-edge excitons and result in limited device efficiencies. Little is known about the defining characteristics of these traps, making engineered strategies for their removal difficult. This thesis outlines pulsed optically detected magnetic resonance as a powerful spectroscopy of the chemical and electronic nature of these deleterious states. Counterintuitive for such heavy atom materials, some trap species possess very long spin coherence lifetimes (up to 1.6 s). This quality allows use of the trapped charge's magnetic moment as a local probe of the trap state itself and its local environment. Beyond state characterization, this spectroscopy can demonstrate novel effects in heterostructured nanocrystals, such as spatially-remote readout of spin information and the coherent control of light harvesting yield.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Springer Theses
Release date:	July 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Kipp van Schooten
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	90
Edition:	2013 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-00589-8
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > Nanotechnology Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > States of matter > Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids) Books > Professional & Technical > Electronics & communications engineering > Electronics engineering > Electronic devices & materials > Semi-conductors & super-conductors Books > Professional & Technical > Electronics & communications engineering > Electronics engineering > Applied optics > General Promotions
LSN:	3-319-00589-8
Barcode:	9783319005898

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