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Fluorescence intermittency in self-assembled InP quantum dots
1Single Quantum Dot Project, ERATO, JST, Tsukuba Research Consortium, 5-9-9 Tokodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-2635, Japan.
Abstract:
Fluorescence intermittency in InP self-assembled dots is investigated by means of far field imaging and single dot spectroscopy. Based on our observation that blinking dots are found in the vicinity of scratches and the blinking frequency is drastically enhanced under a near-infrared laser irradiation, we attribute the origin of the fluorescence intermittency to a local electric field due to a carrier trapped at a deep localized center in the Ga0.5In0.5P matrix. The validity of this explanation is confirmed by a thermal activation-type behavior of the switching rate and artificial reproduction of the blinking phenomenon by an external electric field.
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