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Direct Measurement of Lattice Dynamics and Optical Phonon Excitation in Semiconductor Nanocrystals Using Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 111, Issue 10, Pages -

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AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.107401

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  1. Center for Nanoscale Materials, a U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences User Facility [DE-AC02-06CH11357]
  2. NSF [DGE-0824162]
  3. Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-SC0004752]
  4. Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry
  5. ANSER Center, an Energy Frontier Research Center
  6. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-SC0001059]
  7. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-SC0004752] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

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We report femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy measurements of lattice dynamics in semiconductor nanocrystals and characterize longitudinal optical (LO) phonon production during confinement-enhanced, ultrafast intraband relaxation. Stimulated Raman signals from unexcited CdSe nanocrystals produce a spectral shape similar to spontaneous Raman signals. Upon photoexcitation, stimulated Raman amplitude decreases owing to experimentally resolved ultrafast phonon generation rates within the lattice. We find a similar to 600 fs, particle-size-independent depletion time attributed to hole cooling, evidence of LO-to-acoustic down-conversion, and LO phonon mode softening.

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