Experimental observation of extremely weak optical scattering from an interlocking carbon nanotube array

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1850-1855

  Yang, Zu Po ^a   Hsieh, Mei Li ^a,b   Bur, James A ^a   Ci, Lijie ^c   Hanssen, Leonard M ^d   Wilthan, Boris ^d   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^c   Lin, Shawn Yu ^a  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Rice University   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOTUBES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFLECTION; YARN;

BLACKBODY EMISSION; CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAY; INFRARED WAVELENGTHS; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; OPTICAL REFLECTION; OPTICAL SCATTERING; SCALING BEHAVIOR; VERTICALLY ALIGNED NANOTUBE ARRAYS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 79958842267     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.001850     Document Type: Article

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