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Title: Continuous and Time Resolved Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance Studies of InP Nanoparticles

Abstract

Carriers in small colloidal InP nanoparticles are in strong quantum confinement regime. The low temperature photoluminescence spectrum of InP nanoparticles is composed of an excitonic luminescence at high energies and a non-excitonic defect emission band at lower energies. HF etching of the nanoparticles reduces the defect emission and enhances the exciton process. In this work we apply optically detected magnetic resonance spectroscopy (ODMR) both in continuous wave and time resolved mode (TR-ODMR) to study the defect luminescence in InP nanoparticles. The results show that the defect luminescence originates from weakly coupled electron-hole pair, where the electron is trapped at the surface by phosphorous vacancy, Vp, and the hole is located at the valence band. Additionally, the results suggest that the non-etched samples are dominated by Vp at the surface. Those are mainly eliminated upon HF treatment, leaving behind small percent of Vp in the core of the nanoparticle. We also find the electron-hole exchange interaction from circular polarized ODMR measurements. The TR-ODMR measurement further clarifies the spin dynamics and characteristic of the magnetic sites. Fitting these measurements to the simulated response of the PL intensity to the square wave modulated microwave power revealed that the spin relaxation time and radiativemore » lifetime of electron-hole pair in the nanoparticles are in the microseconds regime.« less

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Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
942073
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-99-GO10337
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Progress in Semiconductor Materials for Optoelectronic Applications: Proceedings of the Materials Research Society Symposium, 26-29 November 2001, Boston, Massachusetts; Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 692
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; CONFINEMENT; DEFECTS; ELECTRONS; ETCHING; EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS; EXCITONS; LIFETIME; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; RELAXATION TIME; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN; VALENCE; Basic Sciences; Materials Science and Semiconductors

Citation Formats

Langof, L, Ehrenfreund, E, Lifshitz, E, Micic, O I, and Nozik, A J. Continuous and Time Resolved Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance Studies of InP Nanoparticles. United States: N. p., 2002. Web.
Langof, L, Ehrenfreund, E, Lifshitz, E, Micic, O I, & Nozik, A J. Continuous and Time Resolved Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance Studies of InP Nanoparticles. United States.
Langof, L, Ehrenfreund, E, Lifshitz, E, Micic, O I, and Nozik, A J. 2002. "Continuous and Time Resolved Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance Studies of InP Nanoparticles". United States.
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title = {Continuous and Time Resolved Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance Studies of InP Nanoparticles},
author = {Langof, L and Ehrenfreund, E and Lifshitz, E and Micic, O I and Nozik, A J},
abstractNote = {Carriers in small colloidal InP nanoparticles are in strong quantum confinement regime. The low temperature photoluminescence spectrum of InP nanoparticles is composed of an excitonic luminescence at high energies and a non-excitonic defect emission band at lower energies. HF etching of the nanoparticles reduces the defect emission and enhances the exciton process. In this work we apply optically detected magnetic resonance spectroscopy (ODMR) both in continuous wave and time resolved mode (TR-ODMR) to study the defect luminescence in InP nanoparticles. The results show that the defect luminescence originates from weakly coupled electron-hole pair, where the electron is trapped at the surface by phosphorous vacancy, Vp, and the hole is located at the valence band. Additionally, the results suggest that the non-etched samples are dominated by Vp at the surface. Those are mainly eliminated upon HF treatment, leaving behind small percent of Vp in the core of the nanoparticle. We also find the electron-hole exchange interaction from circular polarized ODMR measurements. The TR-ODMR measurement further clarifies the spin dynamics and characteristic of the magnetic sites. Fitting these measurements to the simulated response of the PL intensity to the square wave modulated microwave power revealed that the spin relaxation time and radiative lifetime of electron-hole pair in the nanoparticles are in the microseconds regime.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2002},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2002}
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