The complex optical response of arrays of aligned, multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6321, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Gregorczyk, Keith ^a   Kimball, Brian ^a   Carlson, Joel B ^a   Pembroke, Asher ^a   Kempa, Krzysztof ^b   Ren, Zhifeng ^b   Yelleswarapu, Chandra ^c   Kempa, Thomas ^b   Benham, Glynda ^d   Wang, Y ^b   Li, Wenzhi ^b   Herczynski, A ^e   Rybczynski, Jacob ^c   Rao, D V G L N ^c  

^a DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d MegaWave Corporation   (United States)

^e FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Band gap; Carbon nanotubes; Dipole antenna; Light antenna; Periodic honeycomb arrays; Polarization effects; Reflectance data; Self assembly nanosphere lithography

Indexed keywords

BAND-GAP; LIGHT ANTENNAS; PERIODIC HONEYCOMB ARRAYS; REFLECTANCE DATA; SELF-ASSEMBLY NANOSPHERE LITHOGRAPHY;

BAND STRUCTURE; CARBON NANOTUBES; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LITHOGRAPHY; SOLAR ENERGY;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 33751053305     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.680765     Document Type: Conference Paper

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