19 research outputs found
The Unique Origin of Colors of Armchair Carbon Nanotubes
The colors of suspended metallic colloidal particles are determined by their
size-dependent plasma resonance, while those of semiconducting colloidal
particles are determined by their size-dependent band gap. Here, we present a
novel case for armchair carbon nanotubes, suspended in aqueous medium, for
which the color depends on their size-dependent excitonic resonance, even
though the individual particles are metallic. We observe distinct colors of a
series of armchair-enriched nanotube suspensions, highlighting the unique
coloration mechanism of these one-dimensional metals.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Chirality-Selective Excitation of Coherent Phonons in Carbon Nanotubes
Using pre-designed trains of femtosecond optical pulses, we have selectively
excited coherent phonons of the radial breathing mode of specific-chirality
single-walled carbon nanotubes within an ensemble sample. By analyzing the
initial phase of the phonon oscillations, we prove that the tube diameter
initially increases in response to ultrafast photoexcitation. Furthermore, from
excitation profiles, we demonstrate that an excitonic absorption peak of carbon
nanotubes periodically oscillates as a function of time when the tube diameter
undergoes radial breathing mode oscillations.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Polarization dependence of coherent phonon generation and detection in highly-aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes
We have investigated the polarization dependence of the generation and
detection of radial breathing mode (RBM) coherent phonons (CP) in
highly-aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes. Using polarization-dependent
pump-probe differential-transmission spectroscopy, we measured RBM CPs as a
function of angle for two different geometries. In Type I geometry, the pump
and probe polarizations were fixed, and the sample orientation was rotated,
whereas, in Type II geometry, the probe polarization and sample orientation
were fixed, and the pump polarization was rotated. In both geometries, we
observed a very nearly complete quenching of the RBM CPs when the pump
polarization was perpendicular to the nanotubes. For both Type I and II
geometries, we have developed a microscopic theoretical model to simulate CP
generation and detection as a function of polarization angle and found that the
CP signal decreases as the angle goes from 0 degrees (parallel to the tube) to
90 degrees (perpendicular to the tube). We compare theory with experiment in
detail for RBM CPs created by pumping at the E44 optical transition in an
ensemble of single-walled carbon nanotubes with a diameter distribution
centered around 3 nm, taking into account realistic band structure and
imperfect nanotube alignment in the sample
Circular-Polarization Dependent Cyclotron Resonance in Large-Area Graphene in Ultrahigh Magnetic Fields
Using ultrahigh magnetic fields up to 170 T and polarized midinfrared
radiation with tunable wavelengths from 9.22 to 10.67 um, we studied cyclotron
resonance in large-area graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition.
Circular-polarization dependent studies reveal strong p-type doping for
as-grown graphene, and the dependence of the cyclotron resonance on radiation
wavelength allows for a determination of the Fermi energy. Thermal annealing
shifts the Fermi energy to near the Dirac point, resulting in the simultaneous
appearance of hole and electron cyclotron resonance in the magnetic quantum
limit, even though the sample is still p-type, due to graphene's linear
dispersion and unique Landau level structure. These high-field studies
therefore allow for a clear identification of cyclotron resonance features in
large-area, low-mobility graphene samples.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figure
Resonant Coherent Phonon Spectroscopy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Using femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy with pulse shaping techniques, one
can generate and detect coherent phonons in chirality-specific semiconducting
single-walled carbon nanotubes. The signals are resonantly enhanced when the
pump photon energy coincides with an interband exciton resonance, and analysis
of such data provides a wealth of information on the chirality-dependence of
light absorption, phonon generation, and phonon-induced band structure
modulations. To explain our experimental results, we have developed a
microscopic theory for the generation and detection of coherent phonons in
single-walled carbon nanotubes using a tight-binding model for the electronic
states and a valence force field model for the phonons. We find that the
coherent phonon amplitudes satisfy a driven oscillator equation with the
driving term depending on photoexcited carrier density. We compared our
theoretical results with experimental results on mod 2 nanotubes and found that
our model provides satisfactory overall trends in the relative strengths of the
coherent phonon signal both within and between different mod 2 families. We
also find that the coherent phonon intensities are considerably weaker in mod 1
nanotubes in comparison with mod~2 nanotubes, which is also in excellent
agreement with experiment.Comment: 21 pages, 22 figure
Coherent Lattice Vibrations in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
We have generated and detected coherent lattice vibrations in single-walled carbon nanotubes corresponding to the radial breathing mode (RBM) using ultrashort laser pulses. Because the band gap is a function of diameter, these RBM-induced diameter oscillations cause ultrafast band gap oscillations, thereby modulating the interband excitonic resonances at the phonon frequencies (3−9 THz). Excitation spectra show a large number of pronounced peaks, allowing the determination of the chiralities present in particular samples and relative population differences of particular chiralities between samples