Intensity-dependent enhancement of saturable absorption in PbS–Au4 nanohybrid composites: Evidence for resonant energy transfer by Auger recombination
Hendry I. Elim, Wei Ji, Jian Yang, Jim Yang Lee
2008
Applied Physics Letters
Intensity-dependent enhancement of saturable absorption in a film of PbS-Au4 nanohybrid composites has been observed by femtosecond time-resolved transient absorption measurement at 780 nm. The nonlinear absorption coefficient of saturable absorption in PbS-Au4 nanohybrid composites is found to be dependent on excitation irradiance and it is determined to be -2.9 cm/GW at 78 GW/cm2, an enhancement of nearly fourfold in comparison with that of pure PbS quantum dots (QDs). The enhancement is
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... buted to excitation of surface plasmon by resonant energy transfer between PbS QDs and Au nanoparticles through Auger recombination.
doi:10.1063/1.2952273
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