Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2010-09-02
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
19 pages, 6 figures
Scientific paper
The multiplication rates of hot carriers in CdSe quantum dots are quantified using an atomistic pseudopotential approach and first order perturbation theory. Both excited holes and electrons are considered, and electron-hole Coulomb interactions are accounted for. We find that holes have much higher multiplication rates than electrons with the same excess energy due to the larger density of final states (positive trions). When electron-hole pairs are generated by photon absorption, however, the net carrier multiplication rate is dominated by photogenerated electrons, because they have on average much higher excess energy. We also find, contrary to earlier studies, that the effective Coulomb coupling governing carrier multiplication is energy dependent. We show that smaller dots result in a decrease in the carrier multiplication rate for a given absolute photon energy. However, if the photon energy is scaled by the volume dependent optical gap, then smaller dots exhibit an enhancement in carrier multiplication for a given relative energy.
Franceschetti Alberto
Lin Zhibin
Lusk Mark T.
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