Correlations between Subsequent Blinking Events in Single Quantum Dots

Abstract

We explain the long-range correlations found by Stefani and his co-workers between blinking times of single colloidal quantum dot emission. Our explanation is based on the multiple recombination center model we recently suggested. The model produces positive correlations between subsequent on--on and off--off times and negative on--off correlations, as observed in the experiment. We also reproduce qualitatively the dependence of correlations between subsequent on--on, on-off, and off--off times on the number of switching events separating them.