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Incorporation of Colloidal PbSe Quantum Dots into 2-D Photonic Crystal Structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Yun-Ju Lee ,
Ganapathi Subramania ,
Bernadette A. Hernandez-Sanchez ,
Michael K. Niehaus ,
Timothy J. Boyle ,
Joseph Cesarano  and
Paul G. Clem
Yun-Ju Lee
Affiliation:
ylee@sandia.gov, ., ., ., ., ., United States
Ganapathi Subramania
Affiliation:
gssubra@sandia.gov, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, United States
Bernadette A. Hernandez-Sanchez
Affiliation:
baherna@sandia.gov, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, United States
Michael K. Niehaus
Affiliation:
mknieha@sandia.gov, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, United States
Timothy J. Boyle
Affiliation:
tjboyle@sandia.gov, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, United States
Joseph Cesarano
Affiliation:
jcesara@sandia.gov, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, United States
Paul G. Clem
Affiliation:
pgclem@sandia.gov, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, United States
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Abstract

We demonstrate the functionalization of 2-D photonic crystal structures operating at ∼ 1.5 μm with colloidal PbSe quantum dots and examine the modified photoluminescence from the functionalized photonic crystal. Using spin coating and airbrushing, monodisperse PbSe quantum dots were deposited from hexanes on lithographically patterned GaAs photonic crystal substrates. The effectiveness of patterning the PbSe quantum dots via standard liftoff process was examined. The near-IR photoluminescence spectra of quantum dot-functionalized photonic crystals were studied. We found that the photoluminescence peak became attenuated by approximately a factor of five and exhibited a narrow peak width (50 nm vs. 120 nm) compared to PbSe deposited on unpatterned GaAs, suggesting that there is some coupling between the quantum dots and the photonic crystal. Future work to improve the coupling and detection efficiency is proposed.

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nanostructureoptical propertiescolloid
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 939: Symposium O – Hybrid Organic/Inorganic/Metallic Electronic and Optical Devices , 2006 , 0939-O06-08
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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