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Title: Modulation-Doped Multiple Quantum Wells of Aligned Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

Abstract

Heterojunctions, quantum wells, and superlattices with precise doping profiles are behind today's electronic and photonic devices based on III–V compound semiconductors such as GaAs. Currently, there is considerable interest in constructing similar artificial 3D architectures with tailored electrical and optical properties by using van der Waals junctions of low-dimensional materials. In this study, the authors have fabricated a novel structure consisting of multiple thin (≈20 nm) layers of aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes with dopants inserted between the layers. This “modulation-doped” multiple-quantum-well structure acts as a terahertz polarizer with an ultra-broadband working frequency range (from ≈0.2 to ≈200 THz), a high extinction ratio (20 dB from ≈0.2 to 1 THz), and a low insertion loss (<2.5 dB from ≈0.2 to 200 THz). The individual carbon nanotube films—highly aligned, densely packed, and large (2 in. in diameter)—were produced using vacuum filtration and then stacked together in the presence of dopants. This simple, robust, and cost-effective approach is applicable to the fabrication of a variety of devices relying on macroscopically 1D properties of aligned carbon nanotube assemblies.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [2];  [2]
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  1. Keio Univ., Tokyo (Japan); Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
  2. Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
  3. Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1533014
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1401049
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-06ER46308
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Functional Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 27; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; chemistry; science & technology; materials science; physics; carbon nanotubes; chemical doping; spontaneous alignment; stacking; ultra‐broadband polarizers

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Komatsu, Natsumi, Gao, Weilu, Chen, Peiyu, Guo, Cheng, Babakhani, Aydin, and Kono, Junichiro. Modulation-Doped Multiple Quantum Wells of Aligned Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1002/adfm.201606022.
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Komatsu, Natsumi, Gao, Weilu, Chen, Peiyu, Guo, Cheng, Babakhani, Aydin, & Kono, Junichiro. Modulation-Doped Multiple Quantum Wells of Aligned Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201606022
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Komatsu, Natsumi, Gao, Weilu, Chen, Peiyu, Guo, Cheng, Babakhani, Aydin, and Kono, Junichiro. Fri . "Modulation-Doped Multiple Quantum Wells of Aligned Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201606022. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1533014.
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@article{osti_1533014,
title = {Modulation-Doped Multiple Quantum Wells of Aligned Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes},
author = {Komatsu, Natsumi and Gao, Weilu and Chen, Peiyu and Guo, Cheng and Babakhani, Aydin and Kono, Junichiro},
abstractNote = {Heterojunctions, quantum wells, and superlattices with precise doping profiles are behind today's electronic and photonic devices based on III–V compound semiconductors such as GaAs. Currently, there is considerable interest in constructing similar artificial 3D architectures with tailored electrical and optical properties by using van der Waals junctions of low-dimensional materials. In this study, the authors have fabricated a novel structure consisting of multiple thin (≈20 nm) layers of aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes with dopants inserted between the layers. This “modulation-doped” multiple-quantum-well structure acts as a terahertz polarizer with an ultra-broadband working frequency range (from ≈0.2 to ≈200 THz), a high extinction ratio (20 dB from ≈0.2 to 1 THz), and a low insertion loss (<2.5 dB from ≈0.2 to 200 THz). The individual carbon nanotube films—highly aligned, densely packed, and large (2 in. in diameter)—were produced using vacuum filtration and then stacked together in the presence of dopants. This simple, robust, and cost-effective approach is applicable to the fabrication of a variety of devices relying on macroscopically 1D properties of aligned carbon nanotube assemblies.},
doi = {10.1002/adfm.201606022},
journal = {Advanced Functional Materials},
number = 11,
volume = 27,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Fri Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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