Elastic exciton-exciton scattering in photoexcited carbon nanotubes.
We report on original nonlinear spectral hole-burning experiments in single wall carbon nanotubes that bring evidence of pure dephasing induced by exciton-exciton scattering. We show that the collision-induced broadening in carbon nanotubes is controlled by exciton-exciton scattering as for Wannier excitons in inorganic semiconductors, while the population relaxation is driven by exciton-exciton annihilation as for Frenkel excitons in organic materials. We demonstrate that this singular behavior originates from the intrinsic one-dimensionality of excitons in carbon nanotubes, which display unique hybrid features of organic and inorganic systems.
Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain, Ecole Normale Supérieure, UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS UMR8551, 24 rue Lhomond 75231 Paris Cedex 5, France.
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