title: Broadband Near-Infrared to Visible Upconversion in Quantum Dot-Quantum Well Heterostructures.
abstract: Upconversion is a nonlinear process in which two, or more, long wavelength photons are converted to a shorter wavelength photon. It holds great promise for bioimaging, enabling spatially resolved imaging in a scattering specimen and for photovoltaic devices as a means to surpass the Shockley-Queisser efficiency limit. Here, we present dual near-infrared and visible emitting PbSe/CdSe/CdS nanocrystals able to upconvert a broad range of NIR wavelengths to visible emission at room temperature. The synthesis is a three-step process, which enables versatility and tunability of both the visible emission color and the NIR absorption edge. Using this method, one can achieve a range of desired upconverted emission peak positions with a suitable NIR band gap.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot, Israel 7610001.
authors.forename: Ayelet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Teitelboim
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot, Israel 7610001.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oron
keywords: interband absorption; intraband absorption; near-infrared; quantum dot-quantum well; semiconductor nanocrystals; upconversion