Article Title

Large-energy-shift photon upconversion in degenerately doped InP nanowires by direct excitation into the electron gas

Authors

Kilian Mergenthaler, Solid State Physics/The Nanometer Structure Consortium, Lund University, P. O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Azhar Iqbal, Division of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P. O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Jesper Wallentin, Solid State Physics/The Nanometer Structure Consortium, Lund University, P. O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Sebastian Lehmann, Solid State Physics/The Nanometer Structure Consortium, Lund University, P. O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Magnus T. Borgstrm, Solid State Physics/The Nanometer Structure Consortium, Lund University, P. O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Lars Samuelson, Solid State Physics/The Nanometer Structure Consortium, Lund University, P. O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Arkady Yartsev, Division of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P. O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Mats-Erik Pistol, Solid State Physics/The Nanometer Structure Consortium, Lund University, P. O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden

Keywords

nanowires, photon upconversion, photoluminescence, indium phosphide

Abstract

ABSTRACT Realizing photon upconversion in nanostructures is important for many nextgeneration applications such as biological labelling, infrared detectors and solar cells. In particular nanowires are attractive for optoelectronics because they can easily be electrically contacted. Here we demonstrate photon upconversion with a large energy shift in highly n-doped InP nanowires. Crucially, the mechanism responsible for the upconversion in our system does not rely on multi-photon absorption via intermediate states, thus eliminating the need for high photon fluxes to achieve upconversion. The demonstrated upconversion paves the way for utilizing nanowires—with their inherent flexibility such as electrica contactability and the ability to position individual nanowires—for photon upconversion devices also at low photon fluxes, possibly down to the single photon level in optimised structures.

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-013-0353-3

Publisher

Tsinghua University Press

Recommended Citation

Kilian Mergenthaler,Azhar Iqbal,Jesper Wallentin,Sebastian Lehmann,Magnus T. Borgström,Lars Samuelson,Arkady Yartsev,Mats-Erik Pistol, Large-energy-shift photon upconversion in degenerately doped InP nanowires by direct excitation into the electron gas. NanoRes.2013, 6(10): 752–757