Aligned Carbon Nanotubes as Polarization-Sensitive, Molecular Near-Field Detectors
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Aligned Carbon Nanotubes as Polarization-Sensitive, Molecular Near-Field Detectors
| Title: | Aligned Carbon Nanotubes as Polarization-Sensitive, Molecular Near-Field Detectors |
| Author: |
Cubukcu, Ertugrul; Degirmenci, Fatih; Kocabas, Coskun; Zimmler, Mariano A.; Rogers, John A.; Capasso, Federico
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| Citation: | Cubukcu, Ertugrul, Fatih Degirmenci, Coskun Kocabas, Mariano A. Zimmler, John A. Rogers, Federico Capasso. 2009. Aligned carbon nanotubes as polarization-sensitive, molecular near-field detectors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(8): 2495-2499. |
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| Abstract: | Near-field scanning optical microscopes are widely used in imaging of subwavelength features in various material systems and nanostructures. For a variety of applications, polarization-sensitive near-field probes can provide valuable information on the nature and symmetry of the imaged nanoparticles and emitters. Conventional near-field optical microscopy lacks in-plane polarization sensitivity. Here, we use aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes as polarization-sensitive molecular scale probes to image the transverse near-field components of an optical Hertzian dipole antenna. Because of the Raman “antenna effect” in carbon nanotubes, only the near-field components along the nanotube axis are detected. These findings demonstrate that aligned carbon nanotubes can be used as polarization-sensitive near-field detectors. |
| Published Version: | doi:10.1073/pnas.0812217106 |
| Other Sources: | http://www.people.seas.harvard.edu/capasso/publications/Cubukcu_PNAS_106_8_2009.pdf |
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