Optical transitions in single-wall boron nitride nanotubes

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Lauret, J S ^a   Arenal, R ^a   Ducastelle, F ^a   Loiseau, A ^a   Cau, M ^b   Attal Tretout, B ^b   Rosencher, E ^b   Goux Capes, L ^c  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b ONERA   (France)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER VAPORIZATION; NANOOBJECTS; OPTICAL TRANSITIONS; VAN HOVE SINGULARITIES;

BAND STRUCTURE; BORON COMPOUNDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; QUARTZ; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 18044364600     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.037405     Document Type: Article

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