Title :
Carbon Nanotube P-N Diodes
Author_Institution :
Univ. at Albany Albany, Albany
Abstract :
The author demonstrates the formation of p-n junction diodes along individual single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). The paper shows that the carbon nanotube p-n diode can provide a comprehensive probe of the optical and electronic transitions in SWNTs.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; p-i-n diodes; p-n junctions; probes; electronic transitions; optical transitions; p-n junction diodes; probe; single-walled carbon nanotubes; Biomedical optical imaging; Carbon nanotubes; Doping; Energy measurement; Excitons; Optical devices; P-n junctions; Photoconductivity; Photonic band gap; Semiconductor diodes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382514
