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Size Dependence of Second Harmonic Generation in Cdse Nanocrystals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

M. Jacobsohn  and
U. Banin
M. Jacobsohn
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Chemistry and the Farkas Center for Light Induced Processes, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
U. Banin
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Chemistry and the Farkas Center for Light Induced Processes, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel. Banin@chem.ch.huji.ac.il
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Abstract

Second Harmonic Generation in CdSe nanocrystal quantum dots is observed by Hyper-Rayleigh scattering. We use a Ti-Sapphire femtosecond laser at 820 nm to induce the nonlinear optical response of the nanocrystals in solution. The unit cell normalized second harmonic coefficient βn, shows a substantial systematic enhancement in small sizes. The observed size dependence of the second harmonic generation process, is explained assuming two contributions. The first is a bulk-like contribution, from the non-centrosymmetric nanocrystal core, and the second, a contribution from the particle surface. The latter contribution is most significant in small nanocrystals with a substantial proportion of surface atoms.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 571: Symposium W – Semiconductor Quantum Dots , 1999 , 253
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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