Abstract
We excite and detect coherent phonons in semiconducting carbon nanotubes via a sub-10-fs pump-probe technique. Simulation of the amplitude and phase profile via time-dependent wave packet theory yields excellent agreement with experimental results under the assumption of molecular excitonic states and allows determining the electron-phonon coupling strength for the two dominant vibrational modes.
- Received 14 August 2008
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.127401
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