Title :
Polarization-dependent terahertz spectroscopy of macroscopically aligned carbon nanotubes
Author :
Weilu Gao ; Zubair, Ahmed ; Robinson, John ; Xiaowei He ; Young, Colin C. ; Tsentalovich, Dmitri E. ; Alvarez, Noe ; Hauge, Robert H. ; Pasquali, Matteo ; Kono, Junichiro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
We have examined the anisotropic terahertz response of highly aligned single-wall, double-wall, and multiwall carbon nanotubes and quantitatively characterized their performance as low-cost terahertz polarizers.
Keywords :
light polarisation; multi-wall carbon nanotubes; nanophotonics; optical polarisers; optical testing; single-wall carbon nanotubes; terahertz wave spectra; terahertz waves; C; anisotropic terahertz response; highly aligned double-wall multiwall carbon nanotubes; highly aligned multiwall carbon nanotubes; highly aligned single-wall multiwall carbon nanotubes; low-cost terahertz polarizers; macroscopically aligned carbon nanotubes; polarization-dependent terahertz spectroscopy; Carbon nanotubes; Erbium; Films; Optical fiber polarization; Spectroscopy; Substrates; Time-domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
