Ultrafast Science, Volume. 3, Issue 1, 0021(2023)

Ultrafast Optomechanical Terahertz Modulators Based on Stretchable Carbon Nanotube Thin Films

Maksim I. Paukov1、*, Vladimir V. Starchenko1, Dmitry V. Krasnikov2, Gennady A. Komandin3, Yuriy G. Gladush2, Sergey S. Zhukov1, Boris P. Gorshunov1, Albert G. Nasibulin2, Aleksey V. Arsenin1,4, Valentyn S. Volkov1, and Maria G. Burdanova1,5、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Center for Photonics and 2D Materials, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia.
  • 2Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia.
  • 3Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
  • 4Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia.
  • 5Institute of Solid State Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia.
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    Maksim I. Paukov, Vladimir V. Starchenko, Dmitry V. Krasnikov, Gennady A. Komandin, Yuriy G. Gladush, Sergey S. Zhukov, Boris P. Gorshunov, Albert G. Nasibulin, Aleksey V. Arsenin, Valentyn S. Volkov, Maria G. Burdanova. Ultrafast Optomechanical Terahertz Modulators Based on Stretchable Carbon Nanotube Thin Films[J]. Ultrafast Science, 2023, 3(1): 0021

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Dec. 12, 2022

    Accepted: Feb. 19, 2023

    Published Online: Dec. 4, 2023

    The Author Email: Paukov Maksim I. (paukov.mi@phystech.edu), Burdanova Maria G. (burdanova.mg@mipt.ru)

    DOI:10.34133/ultrafastscience.0021

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