All-Optical Trion Generation in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

作者:Santos Silvia M; Yuma Bertrand; Berciaud Stephane; Shaver Jonah; Gallart Mathieu; Gilliot Pierre; Cognet Laurent; Lounis Brahim*
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2011, 107(18): 187401.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.187401

摘要

We present evidence of all-optical trion generation and emission in pristine single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). Luminescence spectra, recorded on individual SWCNTs over a large cw excitation intensity range, show trion emission peaks redshifted with respect to the bright exciton peak. Clear chirality dependence is observed for 22 separate SWCNT species, allowing for determination of electron-hole exchange interaction and trion binding energy contributions. Luminescence data together with ultrafast pump-probe experiments on chirality-sorted bulk samples suggest that exciton-exciton annihilation processes generate dissociated carriers that allow for trion creation upon a subsequent photon absorption event.

  • 出版日期2011-10-27