Theory of optical scattering by achiral carbon nanotubes and their potential as optical nanoantennas

GY Slepyan, MV Shuba, SA Maksimenko… - Physical Review B …, 2006 - APS
The Leontovich-Levin equation for optical scattering by an achiral carbon nanotube (CNT) of
finite length is formulated, based on a quantum-mechanical microscopic model of the …

Spontaneous emission rate of an excited atom placed near a nanofiber

VV Klimov, M Ducloy - Physical Review A, 2004 - APS
The spontaneous decay rate of an excited atom placed near a dielectric cylinder is
investigated. Special attention is paid to the case when the cylinder radius is small in …

Casimir-Polder forces: A nonperturbative approach

SY Buhmann, L Knöll, DG Welsch, HT Dung - Physical Review A—Atomic …, 2004 - APS
Within the frame of macroscopic QED in linear, causal media, we study the radiation force of
Casimir-Polder type acting on an atom which is positioned near dispersing and absorbing …

Exciton energy transfer in pairs of single-walled carbon nanotubes

H Qian, C Georgi, N Anderson, AA Green… - Nano …, 2008 - ACS Publications
We studied the exciton energy transfer in pairs of semiconducting nanotubes using high-
resolution optical microscopy and spectroscopy on the nanoscale. Photoluminescence from …

Distance-dependent energy transfer between CdSe/CdS quantum dots and a two-dimensional semiconductor

KM Goodfellow, C Chakraborty, K Sowers… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Atomically thin semiconductors, such as the transition metal dichalcogenides, show great
potential for nanoscale photodetection, energy harvesting, and nanophotonics. Here, we …

Energy transfer from an individual quantum dot to a carbon nanotube

E Shafran, BD Mangum, JM Gerton - Nano letters, 2010 - ACS Publications
Precision measurements of resonant energy transfer from isolated quantum dots (QDs) to
individual carbon nanotubes (CNTs) exhibit unique features due to the one-dimensional …

Scattering of electromagnetic waves by two crossing metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes of finite length

AV Melnikov, PP Kuzhir, SA Maksimenko, GY Slepyan… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
The scattering theory for two crossing metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes of finite
length exposed to an electromagnetic field has been developed based on a synthesis of the …

Thermal radiation from carbon nanotubes in the terahertz range

AM Nemilentsau, GY Slepyan, SA Maksimenko - Physical review letters, 2007 - APS
The thermal radiation from an isolated finite-length carbon nanotube (CNT) is theoretically
investigated both in near-and far-field zones. The formation of the discrete spectrum in …

Carbon nanotube as a Cherenkov-type light emitter and free electron laser

KG Batrakov, SA Maksimenko, PP Kuzhir… - Physical Review B …, 2009 - APS
A mechanism of stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation by an electron beam in
carbon nanotubes is theoretically considered. Three basic properties of carbon nanotubes: a …

Spontaneous emission interference in negative-refractive-index waveguides

G Li, J Evers, CH Keitel - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2009 - APS
The spontaneous decay of a V-type three-level atom placed in a negative-refractive-index
waveguide is analyzed. We find that in thin waveguides, highly efficient surface-guided …