First-principles study: Size-dependent optical properties for semiconducting silicon carbide nanotubes

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 10947-10957

  Huang, S P ^a   Wu, D S ^a   Hu, J M ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Xie, Z ^a   Hu, H ^a   Cheng, W D ^a  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SILICON CARBIDE;

REDSHIFTS; TUBE DIAMETER;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 34548081266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.010947     Document Type: Article

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