Efficient real-time detection of terahertz pulse radiation based on photoacoustic conversion by carbon nanotube nanocomposite

Nature Photonics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 537-542

  Chen, Sung Liang ^a,b   Chang, You Chia ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^a   Ok, Jong G ^a   Ling, Tao ^a   Mihnev, Momchil T ^a   Norris, Theodore B ^a   Guo, L Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; SIGNAL DETECTION; TERAHERTZ WAVES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBE NANOCOMPOSITES; CONTINUOUS RADIATION; LOCALIZED HEATING; LONG INTEGRATIONS; PHOTOACOUSTIC DETECTION; REAL-TIME DETECTION; ROOM-TEMPERATURE OPERATION; TERAHERTZ DETECTION;

DETECTORS;

EID: 84903609121     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2014.96     Document Type: Article

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