Biexciton, single carrier, and trion generation dynamics in single-walled carbon nanotubes

Bertrand Yuma (1) , Stéphane Berciaud (1) , Jean Besbas (1) , Jonah Shaver (2) , Silvia M. Santos (2) , Saunab Gosh (3) , R. Bruce Weisman (3, 4, 5) , Laurent Cognet (6) , Mathieu Gallart (1) , Marc Ziegler (1) , Bernd Hönerlage (1) , Brahim Lounis (6) , Pierre Gilliot (1)

1 IPCMS - Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg
2 LP2N - Laboratoire Photonique, Numérique et Nanosciences
3 The Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology
4 Department of Chemistry
5 NanoCarbon Center
6 lp2n-01,lp2n-12

We present a study of free carrier photo-generation and multi-carrier bound states, such as biexcitons and trions (ionized excitons), in semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes. Pump-and-probe measurements performed with fs pulses reveal the effects of strong Coulomb interactions between carriers on their dynamics. Biexciton formation by optical transition from exciton population results in an induced absorption line (binding energy 130 meV). Exciton-exciton annihilation process is shown to evolve at high densities towards an Auger process that can expel carriers from nanotubes. The remaining carriers give rise to an induced absorption due to trion formation (binding energy 190 meV). These features show the dynamics of exciton and free carriers populations.

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

Bertrand Yuma, Stéphane Berciaud, Jean Besbas, Jonah Shaver, Silvia M. Santos, et al.. Biexciton, single carrier, and trion generation dynamics in single-walled carbon nanotubes. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2013, 87, pp.205412. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.87.205412⟩. ⟨hal-00909442⟩