Phys. Rev. B 62, R13310 - R13313 (2000)

Polarized spectroscopy of aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes

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J. Hwang1, H. H. Gommans1, A. Ugawa1, H. Tashiro1, R. Haggenmueller2, K. I. Winey2, J. E. Fischer2, D. B. Tanner1, and A. G. Rinzler1
1Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-8440
2Department of Materials Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Rapid Communication Received 15 August 2000; revised 26 September 2000

Polarized resonant Raman and optical spectroscopy of aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes show that the optical transitions are strongly polarized along the nanotubes axis. This behavior is consistent with recent electronic structure calculations.


©2000 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v62/pR13310
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.62.R13310
PACS: 78.30.Na, 78.20.Ci, 71.20.Tx

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