1211.0593 (Brian A. Ruzicka et al.)

Exciton diffusion in semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes studied
by transient absorption microscopy    [PDF]

Brian A. Ruzicka, Rui Wang, Jessica Lohrman, Shenqiang Ren, Hui Zhao

Spatiotemporal dynamics of excitons in isolated semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes are studied using transient absorption microscopy. Differential reflection and transmission of an 810-nm probe pulse after excitation by a 750-nm pump pulse are measured. We observe a bi-exponentially decaying signal with a fast time constant of 0.66 ps and a slower time constant of 2.8 ps. Both constants are independent of the pump fluence. By spatially and temporally resolving the differential reflection, we are able to observe a diffusion of excitons, and measure a diffusion coefficient of 200 cm2/s at room temperature and 300 cm2/s at lower temperatures of 10 K and 150 K.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.0593