Intersublevel spectroscopy on single InAs-quantum dots by terahertz near-field microscopy

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Contributors

  • Rainer Jacob - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • Stephan Winnerl - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • Markus Fehrenbacher - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • Jayeeta Bhattacharyya - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • Harald Schneider - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • Marc Tobias Wenzel - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Hans Georg Von Ribbeck - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Lukas M. Eng - , Chair of Experimental Physics / Photophysics (Author)
  • Paola Atkinson - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Oliver G. Schmidt - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Manfred Helm - , Chair of Semiconductor Spectroscopy, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)

Abstract

Using scattering-type near-field infrared microscopy in combination with a free-electron laser, intersublevel transitions in buried single InAs quantum dots are investigated. The experiments are performed at room temperature on doped self-assembled quantum dots capped with a 70 nm GaAs layer. Clear near-field contrast of single dots is observed when the photon energy of the incident beam matches intersublevel transition energies, namely the p-d and s-d transition of conduction band electrons confined in the dots. The observed room-temperature line width of 5-8 meV of these resonances in the mid-infrared range is significantly below the inhomogeneously broadened spectral lines of quantum dot ensembles. The experiment highlights the strength of near-field microspectroscopy by demonstrating signals from bound-to-bound transitions of single electrons in a probe volume of the order of (100 nm) 3.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4336-4340
Number of pages5
JournalNano letters
Volume12
Issue number8
Publication statusPublished - 8 Aug 2012
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-2484-4158/work/158768095

Keywords

Keywords

  • intersublevel transitions, near-field microscopy, self-assembled quantum dots, Spectroscopy on single quantum dots