| Issue |
Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys.
Volume 55, Number 2, August 2011
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 20401 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2011110034 | |
| Published online | 11 August 2011 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2011110034
Electroabsorption study of index-defined semiconducting carbon nanotubes
A direct probe into carbon nanotube excitonic states
1
Institut d’Électronique Fondamentale, CNRS-UMR 8622, Univ. Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
2
National Institute of Advance Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan
3
Global Edge Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
4
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
a e-mail: nicolas.izard@u-psud.fr
Received:
26
January
2011
Accepted:
15
March
2011
Published online:
11
August
2011
Electroabsorption spectroscopy of well-identified index-defined semiconducting carbon nanotubes is reported. The measurement of high definition electroabsorption spectra allows direct indexation with unique nanotube chirality. Results show that at least for a limited range of diameters, electroabsorption is directly proportional to the exciton binding energy of nanotubes. Electroabsorption is a powerful technique which directly probes into carbon nanotube excitonic states, and may become a useful tool for in situ study of excitons in future nanotube-based photonic devices such as electroabsorption modulators.
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