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11 - Nanoplasmonics with colloidal quantum dots

from Part III - Optical properties of quantum dots in photonic cavities and plasmon-coupled dots

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2012

By
V. V. Temnov  and
U. Woggon
Edited by
Alexander Tartakovskii
V. V. Temnov
Affiliation:
Université du Maine, France
U. Woggon
Affiliation:
Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Alexander Tartakovskii
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield
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Summary

Introduction

Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals were the first model systems to evidence radiusdependent energy shifts of excitonic states caused by three-dimensional quantum confinement (for reviews see e.g. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] and references therein). Besides the large tunability of optical emission wavelength, such nanocrystal quantum dots exhibit high quantum efficiency q and can nowadays replace organic dyes in various applications, e.g. act as biomarkers or active laser medium. In the broad field of nanoplasmonics, combinations of metallic nanostructures with semiconductor nanocrystals have potential applications in optoelectronics. The enhancement of spontaneous emission rate near metallic surfaces makes nanocrystals attractive candidates as probes of electromagnetic field distribution and nano-antenna effects. Charge separation at the metal–semiconductor interface can be applied in photocatalytic processes as was recently shown for production of hydrogen in multicomponent metal–semiconductor nanocrystal structures [11, 12]. The modification of optical and electronic properties of colloidal nanocrystals close to a metallic surface is a longstanding issue of research and will be reviewed in this chapter, in particular with a focus on the latest developments. We will start with an overview of fundamental properties of colloidal quantum dots along with a presentation of the most recent results in the field of functionalized colloidal nanostructures. We consider semiconductor and metallic nanostructures separately and describe their properties as individual building blocks for future complex nanosystems. In the following sections we deal with coupling schemes of quantum dots to metal surfaces, discuss practical applications in all-optical plasmonic devices and outline perspectives in quantum optics with surface plasmons.

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Quantum Dots
Optics, Electron Transport and Future Applications
 , pp. 185 - 202
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2012

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