Ultrafast optical switching properties of single-wall carbon nanotube polymer composites at 1.55 μm
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- 5 August 2002
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 81 (6), 975-977
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1498007
Abstract
Using a pump–probe method with a 150 fs laser at the wavelength of 1.55 μm, we have experimentally demonstrated that single-walled carbon nanotubes(SWNT) have an exciton decay time of less than 1 ps and a high third-order polarizability, which is reasonably interpreted as due to their azimuthal symmetry. These experimental results reveal that a SWNTpolymercomposite may be a candidate material for high-quality subpicosecond all-optical switches.Keywords
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