• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Ultra-narrow room-temperature emission from single CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots
  • Contributor: Rainò, Gabriele; Yazdani, Nuri; Boehme, Simon C.; Kober-Czerny, Manuel; Zhu, Chenglian; Krieg, Franziska; Rossell, Marta D.; Erni, Rolf; Wood, Vanessa; Infante, Ivan; Kovalenko, Maksym V.
  • imprint: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022
  • Published in: Nature Communications
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30016-0
  • ISSN: 2041-1723
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  • Description: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Semiconductor quantum dots have long been considered artificial atoms, but despite the overarching analogies in the strong energy-level quantization and the single-photon emission capability, their emission spectrum is far broader than typical atomic emission lines. Here, by using ab-initio molecular dynamics for simulating exciton-surface-phonon interactions in structurally dynamic CsPbBr<jats:sub>3</jats:sub> quantum dots, followed by single quantum dot optical spectroscopy, we demonstrate that emission line-broadening in these quantum dots is primarily governed by the coupling of excitons to low-energy surface phonons. Mild adjustments of the surface chemical composition allow for attaining much smaller emission linewidths of 35−65 meV (vs. initial values of 70–120 meV), which are on par with the best values known for structurally rigid, colloidal II-VI quantum dots (20−60 meV). Ultra-narrow emission at room-temperature is desired for conventional light-emitting devices and paramount for emerging quantum light sources.</jats:p>
  • Access State: Open Access