Carbon nanotube Bloch equations: A many-body approach to nonlinear and ultrafast optical properties

Matthias Hirtschulz, Frank Milde, Ermin Malić, Stefan Butscher, Christian Thomsen, Stephanie Reich, and Andreas Knorr
Phys. Rev. B 77, 035403 – Published 3 January 2008
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Abstract

Carbon nanotube Bloch equations are proposed to analyze the many-body electron dynamics for optical interband transitions in carbon nanotubes. As a first approach, the Bloch equations for microscopic transitions and occupations are discussed within the screened Hartree-Fock approximation. The potential of the Bloch equation approach is illustrated for linear and nonlinear optical spectra and ultrafast electron dynamics in carbon nanotubes.

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  • Received 19 September 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.77.035403

©2008 American Physical Society

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Matthias Hirtschulz1,*, Frank Milde1, Ermin Malić1, Stefan Butscher1, Christian Thomsen2, Stephanie Reich3, and Andreas Knorr1

  • 1Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
  • 2Institut für Festkörperphysik, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
  • 3Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany

  • *matthias@itp.physik.tu-berlin.de

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Vol. 77, Iss. 3 — 15 January 2008

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