Optical anisotropy in single-walled carbon nanotubes
- 1 December 2005
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 30 (23), 3201-3203
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.30.003201
Abstract
Optical anistropy at optical communication wavelength was observed in films of vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). We report the control of both the polarization state and transmission of incoming light at by azimuthal and axial tilting of SWNT film about its aligned axis. The experiments reveal that the polarization state of light is susceptible to the azimuthal angle of the aligned direction of a SWNT having semiconductor characteristics and the intensity of the output beam after SWNT film shows cosine function dependence on the axial tilting angle.
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