THIRD-ORDER NONLINEARITY AND PLASMON PROPERTIES IN CARBON NANOTUBES

  • A. M. NEMILENTSAU
  • A. A. KHRUTCHINSKII
  • G. YA. SLEPYAN
  • S. A. MAKSIMENKO
Part of the NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry book series (NAII, volume 222)

Abstract

Nonlinear optical properties in single-wall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) illuminated by an external electromagnetic field were investigated using quantum kinetic equations for the density matrix of the π-electrons. In the regime of weak driving field, these equations were solved by the perturbation method and the spectra of the third-order polarizability were calculated. In the case of high-intensive driving field, numerical simulation of the processes in the time-domain was carried out. The π-plasmons excitation was analyzed.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • A. M. NEMILENTSAU
    • 1
  • A. A. KHRUTCHINSKII
    • 1
  • G. YA. SLEPYAN
    • 1
  • S. A. MAKSIMENKO
    • 1
  1. 1.Institute for Nuclear ProblemsBelarus State UniversityMinskBelarus

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