Two-photon photoluminescence of a thin-film hybrid material based on CdSe(core)/ZnS/CdS/ZnS(multishell) semiconductor quantum dots

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are widely used as components of hybrid materials for development of efficient light emitters and convertors. Their unique nonlinear optical properties, such as two-photon absorption and two-photon photoluminescence from biexcitons, make them promising materials for photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications. In this study, thin-film hybrid materials based on the CdSe(core)/ZnS/CdS/ZnS(multishell) QDs have been fabricated, and the two-photon photoluminescence (PL) from the generated biexcitons have been studied. The results show that fabricated thin-film hybrid materials based on the QDs are efficient fluorophores in the one- and two-photon PL regimes for applications in optoelectronics and biosensing.