Raman modes of metallic carbon nanotubes

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Abstract
The anomalous resonant behavior of the tangential Raman modes of carbon nanotubes has been studied in the critical region of laser energies 1.7–2.2 eV. The special enhancement of the Raman modes is explained by a model that takes into account the transition between the singularities in the one-dimensional density of electronic states for the metallic nanotubes and the distribution of diameters in the sample. The results agree with direct measurements of the electronic density of states for the metallic nanotubes and establish their association with the specially enhanced high frequency, first-order Raman modes.