title: Phonon softening in individual metallic carbon nanotubes due to the Kohn Anomaly.
abstract: We have studied the line shape and frequency of the G band Raman modes in individual metallic single walled carbon nanotubes (M-SWNTs) as a function of Fermi level (epsilonF) position, by tuning a polymer electrolyte gate. Our study focuses on the data from M-SWNTs where explicit assignment of the G- and G+ peaks can be made. The frequency and line shape of the G- peak in the Raman spectrum of M-SWNTs is very sensitive to the position of the Fermi level. Within +/- variant Planck's over 2piomega/2 (where variant Planck's over 2piomega is the phonon energy) around the band crossing point, the G- mode is softened and broadened. In contrast, as the Fermi level is tuned away from the band crossing point, a semiconductinglike G band line shape is recovered both in terms of frequency and linewidth. Our results confirm the predicted softening of the A-symmetry LO phonon mode frequency due to a Kohn anomaly in M-SWNTs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Farhat
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Ge G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Samsonidze
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reich
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Dresselhaus
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kong
mesh_terms: D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D036103:Nanotechnology; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon