Theory of plasmon-enhanced Foerster energy transfer in optically-excited semiconductor and metal nanoparticles

Details Theory of plasmon-enhanced Foerster energy transfer in optically-excited semiconductor and metal nanoparticles Theory of plasmon-enhanced Foerster energy transfer in optically-excited semiconductor and metal nanoparticles

2006-12-12

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0612274v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

60 pages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.76.125308

We describe the process of Foerster transfer between semiconductor nanoparticles in the presence of a metal subsystem (metal nanocrystals). In the presence of metal nanocrystals, the Foerster process can become faster and more long-range. The enhancement of Foerster transfer occurs due to the effect of plasmon-assisted amplification of electric fields inside the nanoscale assembly. Simultaneously, metal nanocrystals lead to an increase of energy losses during the Foerster transfer process. We derive convenient equations for the energy transfer rates, photoluminescence intensities, and energy dissipation rates in the please of plasmon resonances. Because of strong dissipation due to the metal, an experimental observation of plasmon-enhanced Foerster transfer requires special conditions. As possible experimental methods, we consider cw- and time-resolved photoluminescence studies and describe the conditions to observe plasmon-enhanced transfer. In particular, we show that the photoluminescence spectra should be carefully analyzed since the plasmon-enhanced Foerster effect can appear together with strong exciton energy dissipation. Our results can be applied to a variety of experimental nanoscale systems.

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