title: Photothermal absorption spectroscopy of individual semiconductor nanocrystals.
abstract: Photothermal heterodyne detection is used to record the first room-temperature absorption spectra of single CdSe/ZnS semiconductor nanocrystals. These spectra are recorded in the high cw excitation regime, and the observed bands are assigned to transitions involving biexciton and trion states. Comparison with the single nanocrystals photoluminescence spectra leads to the measurement of spectral Stokes shifts free from ensemble averaging.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Physique Moléculaire Optique et Hertzienne, CNRS (UMR 5798) et Université Bordeaux I, 351, cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berciaud
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cognet
authors.forename: Brahim
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lounis