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Carrier Multiplication in Nanocrystals via Photostimulated Generation of Biexcitons from Vacuum

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 نشر من قبل Valery Rupasov
 تاريخ النشر 2007
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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We propose a novel mechanism for photogeneration of multiexcitons by single photons (carrier multiplication) in semiconductor nanocrystals. In this mechanism, the Coulomb interaction between two valence-band electrons involving their transfer to the conduction band creates a virtual biexciton from vacuum that is then converted into a real biexciton by photon absorption on an intraband optical transition. This mechanism is inactive in bulk semiconductors as momentum conservation suppresses intraband absorption. However, it becomes highly efficient in zero-dimensional nanocrystals and can provide a significant contribution to carrier multiplication in these materials.



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