Piezoelectricity-induced terahertz photon absorption by confined acoustic phonons in wurtzite CdSe nanocrystals

Tzu Ming Liu; Meng Ju Yang; Chih Wei Lai; Pi Tai Chou; Ming Hao Chang; Hsiang Lin Liu; Chi Kuang Sun

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.77.085428

Piezoelectricity-induced terahertz photon absorption by confined acoustic phonons in wurtzite CdSe nanocrystals

Tzu Ming Liu, Meng Ju Yang, Chih Wei Lai, Pi Tai Chou, Ming Hao Chang, Hsiang Lin Liu, Chi Kuang Sun^*

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We report here the observation of piezoelectricity-induced terahertz photon absorption related to confined acoustic phonons in nanoparticles. Terahertz photon inactive (l=0) breathing modes become terahertz photon active in wurtzite CdSe nanocrystals due to the piezoelectric coupling. Obvious absorption peaks related to (l=0) modes appeared in the terahertz absorption spectra and the frequency of the peaks were inversely proportional to the size of the CdSe nanocrystals. This piezoelectrically coupled electric vibration provides a mechanism for low-dimensional systems to convert a terahertz photon into a phonon of the same frequency.

Original language	English
Article number	085428
Journal	Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume	77
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.77.085428
Publication status	Published - 2008 Feb 26

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