• 文献标题:   Exciton-exciton annihilation and biexciton stimulated emission in graphene nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SOAVI G, DAL CONTE S, MANZONI C, VIOLA D, NARITA A, HU YB, FENG XL, HOHENESTER U, MOLINARI E, PREZZI D, MULLEN K, CERULLO G
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
  • ISSN:   2041-1723
  • 通讯作者地址:   Politecn Milan
  • 被引频次:   37
  • DOI:   10.1038/ncomms11010
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Graphene nanoribbons display extraordinary optical properties due to one-dimensional quantum-confinement, such as width-dependent bandgap and strong electron-hole interactions, responsible for the formation of excitons with extremely high binding energies. Here we use femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy to explore the ultrafast optical properties of ultranarrow, structurally well-defined graphene nanoribbons as a function of the excitation fluence, and the impact of enhanced Coulomb interaction on their excited states dynamics. We show that in the high-excitation regime biexcitons are formed by nonlinear exciton-exciton annihilation, and that they radiatively recombine via stimulated emission. We obtain a biexciton binding energy of approximate to 250 meV, in very good agreement with theoretical results from quantum Monte Carlo simulations. These observations pave the way for the application of graphene nanoribbons in photonics and optoelectronics.