Intense terahertz pulse induced exciton generation in carbon nanotubes

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1528-1538

  Watanabe, Shinichi ^a   Minami, Nobutsugu ^b   Shimano, Ryo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXCITONS; NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); TERAHERTZ WAVES; YARN;

INTER-BAND EXCITATIONS; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; NONLINEAR-TRANSPORT PHENOMENA; PONDEROMOTIVE ENERGY; SEMICONDUCTING SWNTS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWNTS); TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; ULTRA-FAST DYNAMICS;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHTING; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OPTICAL DEVICES; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 78751493655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.001528     Document Type: Article

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