Carbon nanotubes as a basis for terahertz emitters and detectors

  • Authors:

  • M. Rosenau da Costa;O. V. Kibis;M. E. Portnoi

  • Affiliations:

  • International Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Universidade de Brasília, Caixa Postal 04667, 70910-900, Brasília-DF, Brazil;Department of Applied and Theoretical Physics, Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia;School of Physics, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QL, UK

  • Venue:
  • Microelectronics Journal
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We propose and justify two schemes utilizing the unique electronic properties of carbon nanotubes for novel THz applications including tunable THz generation by hot electrons in quasi-metallic nanotubes and THz radiation detection by armchair nanotubes in strong magnetic fields.