Magnetic brightening of carbon nanotube photoluminescence through symmetry breaking

Jonah Shaver; Junichiro Kono; Oliver Portugall; Vojislav Krstic̀; Geert L.J.A. Rikken; Yuhei Miyauchi; Shigeo Maruyama; Vasili Perebeinos

doi:10.1021/nl070260f

Magnetic brightening of carbon nanotube photoluminescence through symmetry breaking

Jonah Shaver, Junichiro Kono, Oliver Portugall, Vojislav Krstic̀, Geert L.J.A. Rikken, Yuhei Miyauchi, Shigeo Maruyama, Vasili Perebeinos

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

We report that symmetry breaking by a magnetic field can drastically increase the photoluminescence quantum yield of single-walled carbon nanotubes, by as much as a factor of 6, at low temperatures. To explain this we have developed a theoretical model based on field-dependent exciton band structure and the interplay of Coulomb interactions and the Aharonov-Bohm effect. This conclusively explains our data as the first experimental observation of dark excitons 5-10 meV below the bright excitons.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1851-1855
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nano letters
Volume	7
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl070260f
State	Published - Jul 2007

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