Third-Order Optical Nonlinearities of Singlewall Carbon Nanotubes for Nonlinear Transmission Limiting Application

Abstract

Third-order nonlinear susceptibility of single wall carbon nanotubes thin film was measured to be ~1.4 x 10(exp -16) sq m/V2. The nonlinear transmission limiting threshold of carbon SWNT was ~20 MW/sq cm with visible and nanosecond laser excitation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA464380

Entities

People

  • Ashley Jackson
  • Bagher Tabibi
  • Herbert Brown
  • Jaetae Seo
  • Linwood Creekmore
  • Makaye Tabibi
  • Qiguang Yang
  • Russell Battle
  • Seongmin Ma
  • Tifney Skyles

Organizations

  • Hampton University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Excitation
  • Films
  • Fullerenes
  • Homeland Security
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Nanosecond Time
  • Optical Properties
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering
  • Thin Films
  • Transmittance
  • Wave Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition