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Thermoelectric Properties of Fe0.2Co3.8Sb12-xTex ... - Physics

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Signature <strong>of</strong> novel Plasmonic Dicke effect in 2D quantum dot solids<br />

mediated by surface plasmons <strong>of</strong> embedded nanoparticles<br />

Jaydeep Basu<br />

Quantum dot ensembles and solids find numerous applications from solar cells to novel<br />

nano-lasers. Understanding their optical and electrical properties and the ability to tune<br />

them is thus <strong>of</strong> vital importance.<br />

Here, we will discuss our recent work on photoluminescence (PL) from two dimensional<br />

solids made <strong>of</strong> CdSe quantum dots lightly doped with metal nanoparticles. The emission<br />

from the quantum dot solid can be tuned by controlling the packing <strong>of</strong> the solid, spectral<br />

overlap between the quantum dots and the metal nanoparticles as well as through doping<br />

concentration. While the PL from the quantum dots show expected variation at low<br />

density and large doping <strong>of</strong> gold nanoparticles, unexpected strong enhancement in PL<br />

occurs at low and intermediate doping, especially when the quantum dots and metal<br />

nanoparticles are spectrally at resonance. A recently suggested model [3] <strong>of</strong> plasmon<br />

mediated superradiance, due to virtual plasmon exchange between proximal quantum<br />

dots, leading to such enhancements seems to be the likely cause <strong>of</strong> such an unusual<br />

effect.<br />

Acknowledgements: The work presented here has been done in collaboration with<br />

Laxminaryanan Tripathi, M. Praveena, M. Haridas.<br />

References:<br />

1. L. N. Tripathi, M. Praveena, J. K. Basu, Plasmonics (2012).<br />

2. M. Haridas, L. N. Tripathi and J. K. Basu, Applied. <strong>Physics</strong>. Letter, 98, 063305<br />

(2011).<br />

3. Vitaliy N. Pustovit and Tigran V. Shahbazyan, Phys Rev Lett. 102, 077401<br />

(2009).

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