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Interplay of Stimulated Emission and Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer in Electrospun Light-Emitting Fibers
Concomitant amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) and F\"orster resonance
energy transfer (FRET) are investigated in electrospun light-emitting fibers.
Upon dye-doping with a proper FRET couple system, free-standing fibrous mats
exhibit tunable FRET efficiency and, more importantly, tailorable threshold
conditions for stimulated emission. In addition, effective scattering of light
is found in the fibrous material by measuring the transport mean free path of
photons by coherent backscattering experiments. The interplay of ASE and FRET
leads to high control in designing optical properties from electrospun fibers,
including the occurrence of simultaneous stimulated emission from both donor
and acceptor components. All tunable-optical properties are highly interesting
in view of applying electrospun light-emitting materials in lightening,
display, and sensing technologies.Comment: 32 pages, 13 figure
Optical nonlinearities of colloidal InP@ZnS core-shell quantum dots probed by Z-scan and two-photon excited emission
Spectrally resolved nonlinear optical properties of colloidal InP@ZnS core-shell quantum dots of various sizes were investigated with the Z-scan technique and two-photon fluorescence excitation method using a femtosecond laser system tunable in the range from 750 nm to 1600 nm. In principle, both techniques should provide comparable results and can be interchangeably used for determination of the nonlinear optical absorption parameters, finding maximal values of the cross sections and optimizing them. We have observed slight differences between the two-photon absorption cross sections measured by the two techniques and attributed them to the presence of non-radiative paths of absorption or relaxation. The most significant value of two-photon absorption cross section σ2 for 4.3 nm size InP@ZnS quantum dot was equal to 2200 GM, while the two-photon excitation action cross section σ2Φ was found to be 682 GM at 880 nm. The properties of these cadmium-free colloidal quantum dots can be potentially useful for nonlinear bioimaging
Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Infrared Emitting PbS and PbSe Quantum Dots
The
optical properties of small band gap, colloidal quantum dots
are presented, with the special emphasis put on the measurements of
their nonlinear optical properties in the infrared region of spectra.
In particular, two types of colloidal quantum dots (PbS and PbSe),
with the first exciton absorption band maxima in the near-infrared
region of spectra, were investigated using a tunable femtosecond laser
system and the <i>Z</i>-scan technique. The measurements
of closed- and open-aperture <i>Z</i>-scan traces allowed
for the calculation of real and imaginary parts of cubic nonlinearity,
which were presented as appropriate cross sections used to characterize
the nonlinear refractive and absorptive properties of the studied
quantum dots. The maximum two-photon absorption cross section values
taken for a single quantum dot were found to be ∼2400 GM (Goeppert-Mayer
units) at 1300 nm and ∼15 500 GM at 1700 nm, for PbS
and PbSe QDs, respectively. PbS quantum dots showed two-photon induced
emission upon infrared excitation. The obtained results demonstrate
the potential of IV–VI group colloidal quantum dots for low-cost
photonic devices and two-photon absorbers in the near-infrared and
infrared spectral ranges
Enhancement of Two-Photon Absorption Cross Section in CdSe Quantum Rods
Nonlinear optical properties of semiconducting
CdSe quantum rods
(QRs), with three various aspect ratios, were examined in a wide wavelength
range using femtosecond Z-scan technique. The two-photon absorption
cross section σ<sub>2</sub> was found to be as large as 164 000
GM at the wavelength of 750 nm: about 4 times larger than that expected
for CdSe quantum dots of the same mass. On the basis of the obtained
dispersion of the two-photon absorption cross section, we have selected
wavelength ranges for optimal excitation of two-photon-induced emission.
We have also studied the luminescence kinetics using degenerate pump–probe
and time-correlated single-photon counting techniques. A strong influence
of semiconducting CdSe rods morphology on their steady-state and time-resolved
optical properties was found
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DNA base pair resolution measurements using resonance energy transfer efficiency in lanthanide doped nanoparticles.
Lanthanide-doped nanoparticles are of considerable interest for biodetection and bioimaging techniques thanks to their unique chemical and optical properties. As a sensitive luminescence material, they can be used as (bio) probes in Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) where trivalent lanthanide ions (La3+) act as energy donors. In this paper we present an efficient method to transfer ultrasmall (ca. 8 nm) NaYF4 nanoparticles dispersed in organic solvent to an aqueous solution via oxidation of the oleic acid ligand. Nanoparticles were then functionalized with single strand DNA oligomers (ssDNA) by inducing covalent bonds between surface carboxylic groups and a 5' amine modified-ssDNA. Hybridization with the 5' fluorophore (Cy5) modified complementary ssDNA strand demonstrated the specificity of binding and allowed the fine control over the distance between Eu3+ ions doped nanoparticle and the fluorophore by varying the number of the dsDNA base pairs. First, our results confirmed nonradiative resonance energy transfer and demonstrate the dependence of its efficiency on the distance between the donor (Eu3+) and the acceptor (Cy5) with sensitivity at a nanometre scale
Luminescence lifetime.
<p>a) Long and b) short components of luminescence lifetime values measured at 612 nm for the <sup>5</sup>D<sub>0</sub>→<sup>7</sup>F<sub>2</sub> emission band in Eu<sup>3+</sup> ions in hybrid systems consisting of 10% Eu<sup>3+</sup> doped NaYF<sub>4</sub> NPs and DNA molecules bound to the NPs surface. The wavelength selection was performed with a JobinYvon THR1000 monochromator. Included numbers are the energy transfer efficiencies, η calculated based on the FRET mechanism.</p
CCDC 915407: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Related Article: Benjamin J. Coe, Simon P. Foxon, Madeleine Helliwell, Daniela Rusanova, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Koen Clays, Griet Depotter, Marcin Nyk, Marek Samoc, Dominika Wawrzynczyk, Javier GarÃn, Jesús Orduna|2013|Chem.-Eur.J.|19|6613|doi:10.1002/chem.20120445
Luminescence spectra of NaYF<sub>4</sub>:10%Eu<sup>3+</sup> NPs-ssDNA-NH<sub>2</sub> complex excited with 394 nm laser light (red curve).
<p>The absorption (α<sub>Cy5</sub>, grey shaded curve) and emission (I(λ)<sub>Cy5</sub>, blue shaded curve) spectra under 650 nm excitation for Cy5 fluorophore are presented for comparison.</p