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Terahertz And Microwave Detection Using Metallic Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes, Enrique A. Carrion
Terahertz And Microwave Detection Using Metallic Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes, Enrique A. Carrion
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are promising nanomaterials for high frequency applications due to their unique physical characteristics. CNTs have a low heat capacity, low intrinsic capacitance, and incredibly fast thermal time constants. They can also exhibit ballistic transport at low bias, for both phonons and electrons, as evident by their fairly long mean free paths. However, despite the great potential they present, the RF behavior of these nanostructures is not completely understood. In order to explore this high frequency regime we studied the microwave (MW) and terahertz (THz) response of individual and bundled single wall nanotube based devices. This thesis is …