Oblique incidence scattering from single-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal Article · Mon Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3356089· OSTI ID:21347209

Moradi, Afshin ^[1]

---

1. Department of Nano Science, Kermanshah University of Technology, 67178-63766 Kermanshah, Iran and Department of Nano Science, Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics (IPM), 19395-5531 Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

A theory of electromagnetic wave scattering by metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes at oblique incidence is provided using modal techniques. Electronic excitations on the nanotube's surface are modeled by an infinitesimally thin layer of free-electron gas described previously by means of the linearized fluid theory. The current induced on the surface of the nanotube and the echo width of both transverse magnetic and transverse electric uniform plane wave by system at oblique incidences is obtained. Numerical results show that the optical wave scattering by carbon nanotubes strongly depends on the nanotube's radius and angle of incidence wave with system.

• OSTI ID: 21347209
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 17, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3356089; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
CARBON
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON GAS
INCIDENCE ANGLE
LIGHT SCATTERING
NANOTUBES
SURFACES
WAVE PROPAGATION
ELEMENTS
NANOSTRUCTURES
NONMETALS
RADIATIONS
SCATTERING