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Measurement of the optical Stark effect in semiconducting carbon nanotubes

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A strong optical Stark effect has been observed in (6,5) semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes by femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy. The response is characterized by an instantaneous blueshift of the excitonic resonance upon application of pump radiation at photon energy well below the band gap. The large Stark effect is attributed to the enhanced Coulomb interactions present in these one-dimensional materials.

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  1. Feng Wang & Gordana Dukovic

    Present address: University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

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  1. Departments of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA

    Daohua Song, Feng Wang & Tony F. Heinz

  2. Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA

    Gordana Dukovic & Louis E. Brus

  3. DuPont Central Research and Development, Wilmington, DE, 19880, USA

    Ming Zheng & E. D. Semke

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Song, D., Wang, F., Dukovic, G. et al. Measurement of the optical Stark effect in semiconducting carbon nanotubes. Appl. Phys. A 96, 283–287 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-009-5202-6

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