Table 2 Decay times, weights of the fast component and average lifetimes at various fluence for the 2.5 nm Si NCs at λm = 590 nm.

From: Tunability Limit of Photoluminescence in Colloidal Silicon Nanocrystals

Fluence

100 I0

30 I0

10 I0

3 I0

I0

τ1 (ns)

3.18

3.36

3.52

3.95

4.34

τ2 (ns)

36.60

38.77

41.21

46.71

55.89

weight of τ1 (%)

81

75

70

69

66

〈τ〉 (ns)

9.63

12.11

14.97

17.42

21.65

  1. I0 = 50 mW/cm2.