Real-time observation of nonlinear coherent phonon dynamics in single-walled carbon nanotubes

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 515-520

  Gambetta, A ^a   Manzoni, C ^a   Menna, E ^b   Meneghetti, M ^b   Cerullo, G ^a   Lanzani, G ^a   Tretiak, S ^c   Piryatinski, A ^c   Saxena, A ^c   Martin, R L ^c   Bishop, A R ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

YARN;

COHERENT PHONONS; REAL TIME OBSERVATION;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 33746776768     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys345     Document Type: Article

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