Very black infrared detector from vertically aligned carbon nanotubes and electric-field poling of lithium tantalate

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3261-3266

  Lehman, John ^a   Sanders, Aric ^a   Hanssen, Leonard ^a   Wilthan, Boris ^a   Zeng, Jinan ^a   Jensen, Christopher ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptance; carbon nanotube; optical coating; pyroelectric detector; reflectance; spectral responsivity; thermal detector

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTANCE; PYRO-ELECTRIC DETECTORS; REFLECTANCE; SPECTRAL RESPONSIVITY; THERMAL DETECTORS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HEATING; LITHIUM; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OPTICAL COATINGS; PYROELECTRICITY; REFLECTION; WATER VAPOR;

DETECTORS;

EID: 77956489302     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl100582j     Document Type: Article

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