On the possible optical resonance in carbon nanotubes based cavities

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 638-650

  Maaza, M ^a   Mhlungu, T ^b   Ndwandwe, M O ^b   Cingo, N ^c   Beye, A C ^d,e,f   Govindaraj, A ^g   Rao, C N R ^g,h  

^a MATERIALS RESEARCH GROUP   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^e DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^f Princeton University   (United States)

^g JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^h iThemba LABS National Research Foundation ^*

Author keywords

Anderson localisation phenomenon; Attenuated total reflection; Carbon nanotubes; Infrared spectroscopy; Multiple scattering and random media; Optical resonance cavity

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ANDERSON LOCALISATION PHENOMENON; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION; CARBON NANOTUBES NANOPOWDERS; OPTICAL RESONANCE CAVITY; RANDOM MEDIA;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 38149059918     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2007.015460     Document Type: Article

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