Antenna-Enhanced Optoelectronic Probing of Carbon Nanotubes

作者:Mauser Nina; Hartmann Nicolai; Hofmann Matthias S; Janik Julia; Hoegele Alexander; Hartschuh Achim*
来源:Nano Letters, 2014, 14(7): 3773-3778.
DOI:10.1021/nl5006959

摘要

We report on the first antenna-enhanced optoelectronic microscopy studies on nanoscale devices. By coupling the emission and excitation to a scanning optical antenna, we are able to locally enhance the electroluminescence and photocurrent along a carbon nanotube device. We show that the emission source of the electroluminescence can be pointlike with a spatial extension below 20 nm. Topographic and antenna-enhanced photocurrent measurements reveal that the emission takes place at the location of highest local electric field indicating that the mechanism behind the emission is the radiative decay of excitons created via impact excitation.

  • 出版日期2014-7