Layer Number-Dependent Enhanced Photoluminescence from a Quantum Dot Metamaterial Optical Resonator

Haruka Takekuma, Junfu Leng, Kazutaka Tateishi, Yang Xu, Yinthai Chan, Sou Ryuzaki, Pangpang Wang, Koichi Okamoto, Kaoru Tamada

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Abstract

High-density colloidal quantum dot (QD) thin films are promising materials for optoelectronic devices. Our experimental data revealed a unique layer number-dependent photoluminescence (PL) from multilayered QDs on a gold substrate. Compared with the PL intensity of QDs on glass substrates, the PL intensity of CdSe/ZnS QD multilayers on the gold substrate was enhanced approximately 10-fold with 6 layers (film thickness: 42 nm). This phenomenon was simply and reasonably explained by an optical simulation using the finite-difference time-domain method with the effective medium approximation, where the light confinement effect of the high-refractive index QD film acting as a "metamaterial optical resonator"was considered together with a long-range exciton-surface plasmon coupling and mirror effects. This result explains the QD film properties from both quantum physics and optical metamaterial viewpoints. This finding is important for the design of high-luminescence thin-film displays composed of condensed QD films.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)468-475
Number of pages8
JournalACS Applied Electronic Materials
Volume3
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 26 2021

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrochemistry

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