Near-infrared saturable absorption of single-wall carbon nanotubes prepared by laser ablation method

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 5 A, 2003, Pages

  Sakakibara, Youichi ^a   Tatsuura, Satoshi ^b   Kataura, Hiromichi ^c   Tokumoto, Madoka ^a   Achiba, Yohji ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optical effect; Optical switch; Optical telecommunication; Saturable absorption; Semiconductor nanotube; Single wall carbon nanotube

Indexed keywords

LASER ABLATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

NEAR INFRARED SATURABLE ABSORPTION; NONLINEAR OPTICAL EFFECT; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOTUBES; SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0038685240     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.42.l494     Document Type: Letter

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