Efficient narrow-band light emission from a single carbon nanotube p-n diode

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-31

  Mueller, Thomas ^a   Kinoshita, Megumi ^a,b   Steiner, Mathias ^a   Perebeinos, Vasili ^a   Bol, Ageeth A ^a   Farmer, Damon B ^a   Avouris, Phaedon ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; YARN;

ELECTRICAL CARRIERS; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; LOCALIZED EXCITON; NANOSCALE LASERS; PHOTON CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SINGLE CARBON NANOTUBE; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; THRESHOLD CURRENTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; HEATING; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LUMINESCENCE; NARROW BAND IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 73849083436     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.319     Document Type: Article

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