title: Estimating the Raman cross sections of single carbon nanotubes.
abstract: The order of magnitude of Raman differential cross sections of radial breathing modes (RBMs) of individual carbon nanotubes is measured for 633 and 785 nm laser excitations. This is shown by both a calibration applied to previously published data from other authors at 785 nm and our own measurements of individual nanotubes at 633 nm excitation. We find typical values of differential cross sections of RBMs to be on the order of approximately 10(-22) cm(2)/sr for resonant nanotubes on a silicon substrate. This study therefore provides a rigorous quantification of the accepted view that Raman cross sections of carbon nanotubes are "huge".
authors.affiliation: The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Johanna E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bohn
authors.forename: Pablo G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Etchegoin
authors.forename: Eric C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Le Ru
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Shohei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chiashi
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maruyama
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D010316:Particle Size; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000379:methods*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances