2. Physical phenomena and optical processes in nanotubes
2.1 Light emission process
The emission of light from a semiconductor is called luminescence. It results from the recombination of an excited electron in the conduction band with a hole in the valence band. In the case of photoluminescence, the semiconductor is put into a non-equilibrium state after absorption of a photon at an energy greater than its electronic gap (figure 5 ). Photoluminescence is a more complicated phenomenon than optical absorption. It involves energy relaxation processes, particularly within electronic bands. On the other hand, the process of light emission is a pathway back to equilibrium that competes with non-radiative mechanisms. In the case...
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Research laboratories
The GDR 3217 Graphene Nanotube research group brings together French laboratories working on carbon nanotubes and graphene: http://www.graphene-nanotubes.org/
Events
The International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes takes place every year, usually in early summer: http://nanotube.msu.edu/nt/home.html . The Workshop on Nanotube Optics and Nanospectroscopy is held every two years, usually in spring: http://www.wonton2015.org/
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