Tuning the response of non-allowed Raman modes in GaAs nanowires

Esther Alarcon Llado, Francesca Amaduzzi, Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, Hubert Hautmann, Federico Matteini, Emanuele Uccelli
Iop Publishing Ltd, 2016
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We report on the use of photonic resonances in Raman spectroscopy on single nanowires for the enhancement of forbidden modes and the study of the interaction of phonons with free-carriers. This is achieved by suspending nanowire over a trench and detecting Raman scattered light with light polarized along the radial direction. Thanks to the photonic nature of the light-nanowire interaction, light polarization inside the nanowire is modified. This results in the excitation of LO modes, forbidden on {1 1 0} surfaces. We apply this new configuration to the measurement of carrier concentration on doped GaAs nanowires. These results open new perspectives for the study of the interaction of free-carriers or plasmons with optical phonons in nanostructures.

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