Carbon Nanotubes: Photon‐Pair Generation with a 100 nm Thick Carbon Nanotube Film (Adv. Mater. 24/2017). Issue 24 (June 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lee, Kim Fook; Tian, Ying; Yang, He; Mustonen, Kimmo; Martinez, Amos; Dai, Qing; Kauppinen, Esko I.; Malowicki, John; Kumar, Prem; Sun, Zhipei
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 29:Issue 24(2017)
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• Publication Date: 2017-06
• Subjects: carbon nanotubes -- four‐wave mixing -- nonlinear optics -- photon pairs; Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201770172
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

Abstract : The performance of nonlinear optical devices is largely limited by the small nonlinear coefficient of traditional optical materials. In article number1605978, Kim Fook Lee, Zhipei Sun, and co‐workers report a nanoscale nonlinear optical device for efficient generation of photon pairs. They design an optical device based on a 100‐nm‐thick carbon nanotube film, which is 1000 times thinner than the current existing devices, achieved through careful control of the nanotube diameter to significantly enhance the optical nonlinearity.