Two- and three-photon absorption and frequency upconverted emission of silicon quantum dots.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
In this communication, we present the experimental results of two- and three-photon excitation studies on silicon quantum dots (QDs) in chloroform (as well as in water) by using femtosecond laser pulses with wavelengths of 778 and 1,335 nm and a pulse duration approximately 160 fs. The photoluminescence spectral distributions are nearly the same upon one-, two-, and three-photon excitation. With one- and two-photon excitation, the temporal relaxation measurements of photoluminescence emission manifest the same multiexponential decay behavior in the time range from 0.05 ns to 15 micros, characterized by three successive decay constants: 0.75 ns, 300 ns, and 5 micros, respectively. Finally, the two-photon absorption spectrum in the spectral range of 650-900 nm and the three-photon absorption spectrum in the spectral range of 1,150-1,400 nm have been measured.