Distance dependence of energy transfer from InGaN quantum wells to graphene oxide

Abstract

We report the distance-dependent energy transfer from an InGaN quantum well to graphene oxide (GO) by time-resolved photoluminescence (PL). A pronounced shortening of the PL decay time in the InGaN quantum well was observed when interacting with GO. The nature of the energy-transfer process has been analyzed, and we find the energy-transfer efficiency depends on the 1/d(2) separation distance, which is dominated by the layer-to-layer dipole coupling. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America