Terahertz surface plasmon polaritons on freestanding multi-walled carbon nanotube aerogel sheets

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 782-788

  Nguyen, T D ^a   Liu, S ^b   Lima, M D ^c   Fang, S ^c   Baughman, R H ^c   Nahata, A ^b   Vardeny, Z V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX INDEX OF REFRACTION; ENHANCED TRANSMISSION; HOLE ARRAYS; METALLIC BEHAVIORS; NANOTUBE ORIENTATION; POLARIZATION BEHAVIOR; SPECTRAL RANGE; SUPPORTING SURFACES; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TERAHERTZ SURFACES; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

AEROGELS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE WAVES;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84866545007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.000782     Document Type: Article

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