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Title
Long-wavelength, confined optical phonons in InAs nanowires probed by Raman spectroscopy
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Abstract
Strongly confined nano-systems, such as one-dimensional nanowires, feature deviations in their structural, electronic and optical properties from the corresponding bulk. In this work, we investigate the behavior of long-wavelength, optical phonons in vertical arrays of InAs nanowires by Raman spectroscopy. We attribute the main changes in the spectral features to thermal anharmonicity, due to temperature effects, and rule out the contribution of quantum confinement and Fano resonances. We also observe the appearance of surface optical modes, whose details allow for a quantitative, independent estimation of the nanowire diameter. The results shed light onto the mechanisms of lineshape change in low-dimensional InAs nanostructures, and are useful to help tailoring their electronic and vibrational properties for novel functionalities.
Language
English
Source (journal)
European physical journal : B : condensed matter and complex systems. - Berlin
Publication
Berlin : 2011
ISSN
1434-6028 [print]
1434-6036 [online]
DOI
10.1140/EPJB/E2011-10705-2
Volume/pages
79 :4 (2011) , p. 423-428
ISI
000288120600005
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UAntwerpen
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Creation 10.06.2011
Last edited 28.01.2023
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