Spin-polarized Mn$^{2+}$ emission from Manganese-doped colloidal nanocrystals

Details Spin-polarized Mn$^{2+}$ emission from Manganese-doped colloidal nanocrystals Spin-polarized Mn$^{2+}$ emission from Manganese-doped colloidal nanocrystals

2011-07-08

arxiv.org/abs/1107.1674v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

To appear in Physical Review Letters

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We report magneto-photoluminescence studies of strongly quantum-confined "0-D" diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS), realized in Mn$^{2+}$-doped ZnSe/CdSe core/shell colloidal nanocrystals. In marked contrast to their 3-D (bulk), 2-D (quantum well), 1-D (quantum wire), and 0-D (self-assembled quantum dot) DMS counterparts, the ubiquitous yellow emission band from internal \emph{d-d} ($^4T_1 \rightarrow ^6A_1$) transitions of the Mn$^{2+}$ ions in these nanocrystals is \emph{not} suppressed in applied magnetic fields and \emph{does} become circularly polarized. This polarization tracks the Mn$^{2+}$ magnetization, and is accompanied by a sizable energy splitting between right- and left-circular emission components that scales with the exciton-Mn \emph{sp-d} coupling strength (which, in turn, is tunable with nanocrystal size). These data highlight the influence of strong quantum confinement on both the excitation and the emission mechanisms of magnetic ions in DMS nano-materials.

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