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Pan Huang1,2, Lifeng Wang2, Tianxin Bai2
1Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.
Abstract:
Previous studies on Mn2+-doped colloidal quantum dots (QDs) mostly focused on Cd-based QDs, whereas Mn2+-doped III-V group InP QDs, which not only represent an environmentally friendly alternative but also could enable potential opportunities for ferromagnetism, have remained relatively underexplored. Here we systematically investigated the magneto-optical spectroscopy and carrier dynamics in Mn2+-doped InP/ZnS core/shell QDs and made a comprehensive, side-to-side comparison to doped ZnxCd1-xS/ZnS QDs of similar optical gap. Our cryogenic magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy reveals much weaker (and inverted-sign) exchange interaction between InP and Mn2+ dopants in comparison to ZnxCd1-xS. This behavior is well correlated with ultrafast measurements which show orders-of-magnitude slower energy transfer from InP to Mn2+ dopants than ZnxCd1-xS and the absence of a rapid spin-exchange Auger recombination in the former. These findings provide crucial fundamental insights into spin-exchange mechanisms in Mn2+-doped colloidal QDs, with also important implications for the optimization and enhancement of the host-dopant interaction in Mn2+-doped InP QDs.
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