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Reaction, diffusion and dissociation of excitons on carbon nanotubes

Reaction, diffusion and dissociation of excitons on carbon nanotubes
Reaction, diffusion and dissociation of excitons on carbon nanotubes
Photoexcitation of carbon nanotubes generates excitons which decay by exciton-exciton annihilation at sufficient density. We examine this decay under conditions of one, few and many excitons per nanotube. A classic 1D reaction-diffusion behaviour is observed, with decay limited by diffusion for t>3ps and by reaction for t<3ps. At high densities the exciton population saturates, and by analysis of the rate equations we show that this is consistent with dissociation of excitons when their spacing is 1.3nm, close to the exciton length.
Allam, J.
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Sutton, R.
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Sajjad, M.T.
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Litvinenko, K.
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Wang, Z.
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Siddique, S.
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Yang, Q-H
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Brown, T.
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Loh, W.H.
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Allam, J.
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Sutton, R.
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Sajjad, M.T.
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Litvinenko, K.
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Wang, Z.
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Siddique, S.
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Yang, Q-H
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Brown, T.
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Loh, W.H.
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Allam, J., Sutton, R., Sajjad, M.T., Litvinenko, K., Wang, Z., Siddique, S., Yang, Q-H, Brown, T. and Loh, W.H. (2010) Reaction, diffusion and dissociation of excitons on carbon nanotubes. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics &amp; Laser (CLEO/QELS), , San Jose, United States. 17 - 21 May 2010. (doi:10.1364/QELS.2010.QThC5).

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Photoexcitation of carbon nanotubes generates excitons which decay by exciton-exciton annihilation at sufficient density. We examine this decay under conditions of one, few and many excitons per nanotube. A classic 1D reaction-diffusion behaviour is observed, with decay limited by diffusion for t>3ps and by reaction for t<3ps. At high densities the exciton population saturates, and by analysis of the rate equations we show that this is consistent with dissociation of excitons when their spacing is 1.3nm, close to the exciton length.

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Published date: 16 May 2010
Venue - Dates: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics &amp; Laser (CLEO/QELS), , San Jose, United States, 2010-05-17 - 2010-05-21

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/442963
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Author: J. Allam
Author: R. Sutton
Author: M.T. Sajjad
Author: K. Litvinenko
Author: Z. Wang
Author: S. Siddique
Author: Q-H Yang
Author: T. Brown
Author: W.H. Loh

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