Broadband, polarization-sensitive photodetector based on optically-thick films of macroscopically long, dense, and aligned carbon nanotubes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Nanot, Sébastien ^a   Cummings, Aron W ^b   Pint, Cary L ^c   Ikeuchi, Akira ^d   Akiho, Takafumi ^d   Sueoka, Kazuhisa ^d   Hauge, Robert H ^e   Léonard, Fraņois ^b   Kono, Junichiro ^a,e  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84874605688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01335     Document Type: Article

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