A broadband and high throughput single-monochromator Raman spectrometer: Application for single-wall carbon nanotubes

Author(s)
Gabor Fabian, Christian Kramberger, Alexander Friedrich, Ferenc Simon, Thomas Pichler
Abstract

We present a high sensitivity single-monochromator Raman spectrometer which allows operation with a tunable laser source. The instrument is based on the modification of a commercial Raman spectrometer; such instruments operate with interference Rayleigh filters which also act as laser mirrors and are usually considered as inherently narrow band. In our design, the two tasks are separated and the filter can be freely rotated without much effect on the light alignment. Since rotation shifts the filter passband, this modification allows tunable operation with efficient stray light filtering down to 150 cm(-1). The design is optimized for single-wall carbon nanotubes, for which the performance is demonstrated using a tunable dye laser source. The spectrometer thus combines the high sensitivity with the broadband characteristics of usual triple monochromator systems.

Organisation(s)
Electronic Properties of Materials
External organisation(s)
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Journal
Review of Scientific Instruments
Volume
82
No. of pages
5
ISSN
0034-6748
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3544023
Publication date
2011
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103015 Condensed matter
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/3293d96a-831b-4ff5-b804-68e3bd4c8525