2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of ultra-efficient terahertz devices by exploiting multiple exciton generation in single-walled carbon nanotubes
Project/Area Number |
19K15047
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Review Section |
Basic Section 21060:Electron device and electronic equipment-related
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Research Institution | Osaka University |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2021-03-31
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Keywords | carbon nanotubes / terahertz emission / photocurrent |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We achieved the following milestones over the course of our project: (1) successful integration of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in photoconductive antenna devices, (2) demonstrated their promising efficiencies as terahertz (THz) emitters, and (3) showed that THz emission spectroscopy is a powerful tool in unraveling quasiparticle dynamics in low dimensional materials.
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Free Research Field |
THz science and technology
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
We were able to get a clearer understanding of dynamics of free carriers and excitons in carbon nanotubes. From a scientific standpoint, this demonstrates the drastically different behavior of low-dimensional materials. It also brings us closer to their application in future optoelectronic devices.
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