Effects of inclusion dimensions and p-type doping in the terahertz spectra of composite materials containing bundles of single-wall carbon nanotubes

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Shuba, Mikhail V ^a   Paddubskaya, Alesia G ^a   Kuzhir, Polina P ^a   Slepyan, Gregory Ya ^a   Seliuta, Dalius ^b   Kašalynas, Irmantas ^b   Valušis, Gintaras ^b   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR PROBLEMS   (Belarus)

^b CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; localized plasmon resonance; terahertz

Indexed keywords

BLUE SHIFT; CARBON NANOTUBES; GLASS CERAMICS; NANOTUBES; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

BLUE SHIFTING; CROSS SECTIONAL DIAMETERS; EFFECTIVE CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FINITE LENGTH; LOCALIZED PLASMON RESONANCE; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ SPECTRA;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84875874056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.6.061707     Document Type: Article

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