Direct Observation of Born-Oppenheimer Approximation Breakdown in Carbon Nanotubes

preprint2009arXivOpen access

Abstract

Raman spectra and electrical conductance of individual, pristine, suspended, metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes are measured under applied gate potentials. The G- band is observed to downshift with small applied gate voltages, with the minima occurring at EF = +/- 1/2 Ephonon, contrary to adiabatic predictions. A subsequent upshift in the Raman frequency at higher gate voltages results in a 'W'-shaped Raman shift profile that agrees well with a non-adiabatic phonon renormalization model. This behavior constitutes the first experimental confirmation of the theoretically predicted breakdown of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation in individual single walled carbon nanotubes.

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