Terahertz processes in carbon nanotubes

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Batrakov, Konstantin G ^a   Kibis, Oleg V ^b   Kuzhir, Polina P ^a   Rosenau Da Costa, Marcelo ^c   Portnoi, Mikhail E ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR PROBLEMS   (Belarus)

^b NOVOSIBIRSK STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; terahertz radiation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HOT ELECTRONS; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

ARM-CHAIR NANOTUBES; DISPERSION EQUATIONS; ELECTRON BEAM INSTABILITY; FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION; STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; THRESHOLD CONDITION; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC FIELD;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 80455145073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3436585     Document Type: Article

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