Femtosecond photon echo spectroscopy of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes

Matthew W. Graham, Ying Zhong Ma, Graham R. Fleming

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Abstract

Three-pulse photon echo peak shift measurements were performed on semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes embedded in polymer matrix at room temperature. Simultaneous modeling of the peak shift data in the limit of zero-intensity and the linear absorption spectrum enable us to extract an intrinsic homogeneous line width of 178 cm -1, an inhomogeneous width of 698 cm -1, and a Huang-Rhys factor of 0.04 for the radial breathing mode vibration. The peak shift data when combined with two-pulse photon echo and pump-probe measurements allows us to determine a pure exciton dephasing time scale of 78 fs at room temperature.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3936-3941
Number of pages6
JournalNano Letters
Volume8
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2008
Externally publishedYes

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