Femtosecond Transient Absorption Studies in Cadmium Selenide Nanocrystal Thin Films Prepared by Chemical Bath Deposition Method

Rath, M. C.; Mondal, J. A.; Palit, D. K.; Mukherjee, T.; Ghosh, H. N.

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Volume 2007 | Article ID 036271 | https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/36271

Femtosecond Transient Absorption Studies in Cadmium Selenide Nanocrystal Thin Films Prepared by Chemical Bath Deposition Method

M. C. Rath,¹J. A. Mondal,¹D. K. Palit,¹T. Mukherjee,¹and H. N. Ghosh¹

Academic Editor: Tran Kim Anh

Received30 Mar 2007

Revised30 Nov 2007

Accepted14 Dec 2007

Published14 Feb 2008

Abstract

Dynamics of photo-excited carrier relaxation processes in cadmium selenide nanocrystal thin films prepared by chemical bath deposition method have been studied by nondegenerate femtosecond transient pump-probe spectroscopy. The carriers were generated by exciting at 400 nm laser light and monitored by several other wavelengths. The induced absorption followed by a fast bleach recovery observed near and above the bandgap indicates that the photo-excited carriers (electrons) are first trapped by the available traps and then the trapped electrons absorb the probe light to show a delayed absorption process. The transient decay kinetics was found to be multiexponential in nature. The short time constant, <1 picosecond, was attributed to the trapping of electrons by the surface and/or deep traps and the long time constant, ≥20 picoseconds, was due to the recombination of the trapped carriers. A very little difference in the relaxation processes was observed in the samples prepared at bath temperatures from 25∘C to 60∘C.

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