Photothermoelectric p-n junction photodetector with intrinsic broadband polarimetry based on macroscopic carbon nanotube films

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 7271-7277

  He, Xiaowei ^a   Wang, Xuan ^a   Nanot, Sébastien ^a   Cong, Kankan ^a,b   Jiang, Qijia ^a   Kane, Alexander A ^c   Goldsmith, John E M ^c   Hauge, Robert H ^b,d   Léonard, François ^c   Kono, Junichiro ^a,b  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

intrinsic polarimetry; photodetector; photothermoelectric effect; SWCNTs

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PHOTODETECTORS; ANIMAL KINGDOM; CARBON NANOTUBE FILMS; DIRECT POLARIZATION; PHOTO-THERMOELECTRIC; SCENE INTERPRETATION; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; SWCNTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELLIPSOMETRY; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; PHOTONS; POLARIMETERS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 84883207856     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn402679u     Document Type: Article

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