Title :
Long-lived dilute photocarriers in individually-suspended single-walled carbon nanotubes
Author :
Hashimoto, Y. ; Srivastava, A. ; Shaver, J. ; Ostojic, G.N. ; Zaric, S. ; Moore, V.C. ; Hauge, R.H. ; Smalley, R.E. ; Kono, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX
Abstract :
We have observed slow (> 1 ns) carrier decays in single-walled carbon nanotubes. This previously-unreported signal appears in a dilute limit and is accompanied by polarization memory, which persists as long as the photocarriers exist
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; carrier lifetime; time resolved spectroscopy; C; carrier decays; dilute photocarriers; polarization memory; single-walled carbon nanotubes;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4