All-optical trion generation in single walled carbon nanotubes

Silvia Santos (1) , Bertrand Yuma (2) , Stéphane Berciaud (2) , Jonah Shaver (1) , Mathieu Gallart (2) , Pierre Gilliot (2) , Laurent Cognet (1) , Brahim Lounis (1)

1 lp2n-01,lp2n-12
2 IPCMS - Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg

We present evidence of all optical trion generation and emission in undoped single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). Luminescence spectra, recorded on individual SWCNTs over a large CW excitation intensity range, show trion emission peaks red-shifted 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.

Domaines: Autre [cond-mat.other]; Optique [physics.optics]

Silvia Santos, Bertrand Yuma, Stéphane Berciaud, Jonah Shaver, Mathieu Gallart, et al.. All-optical trion generation in single walled carbon nanotubes. Physical Review Letters, 2011, 107 (18), pp.187401. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.187401⟩. ⟨hal-00617981⟩