Tunable Resonant Raman Scattering From Singly Resonant Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes

We perform tunable resonant Raman scattering on 17 semiconducting and seven metallic singly resonant single wall carbon nanotubes. The measured scattering cross section as a function of laser energy provides information about a tube's electronic structure, the lifetime of intermediate states involved in the scattering process, and also the energies of zone center optical phonons. Recording the scattered Raman signal as a function of tube location in the microscope focal plane allows us to construct two-dimensional spatial maps of singly resonant tubes. We also describe a spectral nano-scale artifact, which we have termed as the "nano-slit effect."