Electron-electron interaction effects on optical excitations in semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes

dc.creatorZhao, Hongbo
dc.creatorMazumdar, Sumit
dc.date2004-06-08
dc.date2004-09-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:58:33Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:58:33Z
dc.descriptionWe report correlated-electron calculations of optically excited states in ten semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes with a wide range of diameters. Optical excitation occurs to excitons whose binding energies decrease with the increasing nanotube diameter, and are smaller than the binding energy of an isolated strand of poly-(paraphenylene vinylene). The ratio of the energy of the second optical exciton polarized along the nanotube axis to that of the lowest exciton is smaller than the value predicted within single-particle theory. The experimentally observed weak photoluminescence is an intrinsic feature of semiconducting nanotubes, and is consequence of dipole-forbidden excitons occurring below the optical exciton.
dc.description5 pages, 3 figures, To appear in PRL
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0406203
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0406203
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. Lett. 93, 157402 (2004)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.157402
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/24136
dc.subjectMaterials Science
dc.titleElectron-electron interaction effects on optical excitations in semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes
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