Nonlinear photoluminescence spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes with localized exciton states

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 11254-11260

  Iwamura, Munechiyo ^a   Akizuki, Naoto ^a   Miyauchi, Yuhei ^a,b,c   Mouri, Shinichiro ^a   Shaver, Jonah ^d,e   Gao, Zhenghong ^d   Cognet, Laurent ^d   Lounis, Brahim ^d   Matsuda, Kazunari ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Exciton; Localized; Nonlinear; Photoluminescence; Trapped

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; EXCITONS; GROUND STATE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOTUBES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

GROUND STATE DEPLETIONS; LOCALIZED; NONLINEAR; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWNTS); SUBLINEAR BEHAVIORS; TRAPPED; UNIVERSAL MECHANISMS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84912544726     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn503803b     Document Type: Article

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