Two-band optical gain and ultrabright electroluminescence from colloidal quantum dots at 1000 A cm−2

Heeyoung Jung, Young-Shin Park, Namyoung Ahn, Jaehoon Lim, Igor Fedin, Clément Livache and Victor I. Klimov ()
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Heeyoung Jung: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Young-Shin Park: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Namyoung Ahn: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jaehoon Lim: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Igor Fedin: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Clément Livache: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Victor I. Klimov: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Nature Communications, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are attractive materials for the realization of solution-processable laser diodes. Primary challenges towards this objective are fast optical-gain relaxation due to nonradiative Auger recombination and poor stability of colloidal QD solids under high current densities required to obtain optical gain. Here we resolve these challenges and achieve broad-band optical gain spanning the band-edge (1S) and the higher-energy (1P) transitions. This demonstration is enabled by continuously graded QDs with strongly suppressed Auger recombination and a current-focusing device design, combined with short-pulse pumping. Using this approach, we achieve ultra-high current densities (~1000 A cm−2) and brightness (~10 million cd m−2), and demonstrate an unusual two-band electroluminescence regime for which the 1P band is more intense than the 1S feature. This implies the realization of extremely large QD occupancies of up to ~8 excitons per-dot, which corresponds to complete filling of the 1S and 1P electron shells.

Date: 2022
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