Localized surface plasmon resonances arising from free carriers in doped quantum dots
- 10 April 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature Materials
- Vol. 10 (5), 361-366
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3004
Abstract
Localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) typically arise in nanostructures of noble metals resulting in enhanced and geometrically tunable absorption and scattering resonances. LSPRs, however, are not limited to nanostructures of metals and can also be achieved in semiconductor nanocrystals with appreciable free carrier concentrations. Here, we describe well-defined LSPRs arising from p-type carriers in vacancy-doped semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). Achievement of LSPRs by free carrier doping of a semiconductor nanocrystal would allow active on-chip control of LSPR responses. Plasmonic sensing and manipulation of solid-state processes in single nanocrystals constitutes another interesting possibility. We also demonstrate that doped semiconductor QDs allow realization of LSPRs and quantum-confined excitons within the same nanostructure, opening up the possibility of strong coupling of photonic and electronic modes, with implications for light harvesting, nonlinear optics, and quantum information processing.Keywords
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