Direct and third-body mediated resonance energy transfer in dimensionally constrained nanostructures

Weeraddana, Dilusha, Premaratne, Malin and Andrews, David L. (2015) Direct and third-body mediated resonance energy transfer in dimensionally constrained nanostructures. Physical Review B, 92 (3). ISSN 1098-0121

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Abstract

The process of resonance energy transfer (RET) in a nanostructure influenced by a vicinal, nonabsorbing third body is studied within the framework of molecular quantum electrodynamics. Direct RET and the influence of neighboring matter have been studied previously, mainly for molecules. However, a complete study or unified understanding of direct and indirect RET in nanostructures with different dimensionalities is still lacking. Therefore, there is a strong need for a complete theory that models RET for the cases of quantum wells, nanowires, and quantum dots.We construct a detailed picture of excitation energy transfer in nanostructures and how it is affected by another quantum object, which includes the derivation of quantum amplitudes based on second- and fourth-order time-dependent perturbation theories, and the derivation of transfer rates and distance dependencies, providing a complete picture and understanding of RET in nanostructures. The results of the derivations indicate that the dimensionality of the nanostructure determines the controllability of the RET rate. Furthermore, third-body mediation leads to a nonvanishing RET in the coupling of nanowire to nanowire and quantum dot to quantum dot.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Physical and Analytical Chemistry (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Light and Energy Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Photonics and Quantum Science
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	11 Feb 2016 11:00
Last Modified:	09 Feb 2023 13:41
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/57046
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevB.92.035128

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