High third-order non-resonant optical non-linearities of surface modified CdS quantum dots embedded in BaTiO3 thin film

  • Yong Yang
  • , Jianlin Shi*
  • , Shugang Dai
  • , Xueguo Zhao
  • , Xianghua Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Surface-modified nanocrystalline CdS has been integrated in amorphous BaTiO3 films by a dip-coating process. The films were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectra and transmission electron microscopy technique. The thin films exhibited unique absorption edge blue-shift with the increase of heat-treatment temperature due to the dielectric confinement in BaTiO3 matrix and the thermal expansion mismatch between the semiconductor quantum dots and the host matrix. The strong fluorescence of CdS quantum dots at room temperature has been observed and is mainly attributed to the band-edge transition of CdS quantum dots. The composite films also exhibit ultra-fast non-linear response and high non-resonant, third-order optical non-linearities.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)217-222
Number of pages6
JournalThin Solid Films
Volume437
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Blue-shift
  • Decay time
  • Fluorescence
  • Non-linearities
  • Sol-gel

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