Slow light in an artificial hybrid nanocrystal complex

A slow light effect in a hybrid nanocrystal complex composed of a semiconductor quantum dot (SQD) and a metal nanoparticle (MNP) is investigated theoretically. It is shown that a hole induced by coherent population oscillation appears at the absorption spectrum of the probe when an exciton and plasmon interact. Then a slow light effect may become possible. The numerical results further indicate that the slow light effect is greatly modified by the distance between the SQD and the MNP due to the coupling of the exciton and plasmon. For experimental conditions, the group velocity indexes with Gauss distribution and Lorenz distribution of the distance between the SQD and the MNP are evaluated. It is found that for small dispersion, almost the same values of the group velocity index can be obtained in these different distributions.

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