Broadband optical non-linearity induced by charge-transfer excitons in type-II CdSe/ZnTe nanocrystals.

Liu, Yunlong; Zhang, Chunfeng; Zhang, Huichao; Wang, Rui; Hua, Zheng; Wang, Xiaoyong; Zhang, Jiayu; Xiao, Min · Adv Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Benefiting from excitonic charge-transfer states, an efficient non-linear optical response is observed in type-II nanocrystals by four-wave mixing when the incident photon energy lies below the bandgaps of constituent semiconductors. The non-linear optical properties in nanocrystals can be manipulated by the band alignment of the core-shell components, which serves as a promising platform to design broadband non-linear optical devices.