INVESTIGATION OF FEMTOSECOND ELECTRONIC DEPHASING IN CDSE NANOCRYSTALS USING QUANTUM-BEAT-SUPPRESSED PHOTON-ECHOES

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作者
SCHOENLEIN, RW
MITTLEMAN, DM
SHIANG, JJ
ALIVISATOS, AP
SHANK, CV
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DEPT PHYS,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[2] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DEPT CHEM,BERKELEY,CA 94720
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.1014
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We report the first direct measurements of femtosecond electronic dephasing in CdSe nanocrystals using three-pulse photon echoes and a novel mode-suppression technique. We are able to separate the dynamics of the coherently excited LO phonons from the underlying electron-hole dephasing by suppressing the quantum beats. The homogeneous linewidth of these materials at 15 K results from electronic dephasing in approximately 85 fs, approximately half of which is due to acoustic phonon modes. Contributions from acoustic phonons dominate the homogeneous linewidth at room temperature.
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页码:1014 / 1017
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