Synthesis and nonlineary optical properties of high quality ternary Cd_xPb_1-xSe quantum dots

Because of the unique quantum effect, quantum dots(QDs) have attracted wide attention in various fields for many years. In order to study the nonlinear optical properties of ternary CdxPb1-xSe QDs, a convenient synthesis method of high-quality QDs was developed, on the basis of which the nonlinear optical properties of the QDs were studied using Z-scan technique under 532 nm laser radiation. The results indicate that the high-quality CdxPb1-xSe QDs with uniform size and highly crystalline nature are successfully achieved by a improved one-pot synthesis method with the synthesized N-oleoylmorpholine used as solvent, and that the nonlinear absorption coefficient and nonlinear refractive index of Cd0.5Pb0.5Se were 1.0110-9m/W and -1.110-10 esu, respectively, showing much more remarkable optical nonlinearity compared with binary CdSe QDs. Thus, the ternary CdxPb1-xSe QDs should be of potential in laser protection and photoelectric switch, etc.