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Nano-spectroscopy of Individual
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes
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AFM image
• Measure single, unperturbed nanotube
• Determine fundamental optical property
• Excitonic versus van Hove singularity
• Contact to measure strain, conductivity
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Resonant Raman Scattering from a single CNT
incoming
Lattice vibrations
Stokes
scattered
outgoing
Eii
laser
Energy and momentum conservation:
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L  S  phonon
Anti- Stokes
KL  KS  qphonon
incoming
Stokes
Anti-Stokes
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Raman shift (cm )
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Raman
Intensity
Antistokes
Eii
Eii
Stokes
outgoing
ERBM
Elaser
Resonant Raman Scattering from a single CNT
AS RBM -258 cm-1
One nanotube, resonant
with BOTH incoming and
outgoing laser
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1 µm
trench
Stokes RBM 258 cm-1
Raman map of
Radial Breathing
Mode
Raman intensity
enhancement over trench
AFM Induced Strain
• Tubes are strained
by pushing with
AFM tip
• Raman spectra
measured before
and after strain
Cronin, et. al, PRL, 93 (2004)
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Laser spot
Metal
Pads
Comparison of Confocal to Tip-Enhanced in Raman
Microscopy of Carbon Nanotubes
Confocal image
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Tip-enahnced image
of same area