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Variable doping sensitivity of the TO phonon dispersion branch of metallic nanotubes: A double resonant Raman scattering study
Author(s) -
Rafailov Peter M.,
Maultzsch Janina,
Thomsen Christian,
DettlaffWeglikowska Urszula,
Roth Siegmar
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.200982286
Subject(s) - raman spectroscopy , doping , raman scattering , phonon , materials science , dispersion (optics) , carbon nanotube , resonance (particle physics) , x ray raman scattering , condensed matter physics , excitation , scattering , optoelectronics , optics , atomic physics , nanotechnology , physics , quantum mechanics
We applied Raman spectroscopy to investigate the response to electrochemical doping of the second‐order D*‐band in single‐walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) bundles. A dramatic increase of the D*‐band sensitivity to doping is found upon moving the laser excitation to the red end of the visible spectrum and beyond. Basing on the double resonance (DR) Raman scattering model we interpret this phenomenon as an increasing doping sensitivity of the TO phonon dispersion branch of metallic SWNTs towards its minimum. From D*‐band measurements we are thus able to draw conclusions on the wave‐vector dependence of the doping sensitivity and the electron–phonon coupling (EPC) around the TO branch minimum.