Terahertz Wave Characteristic of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Using Propagation Matrix Method

Abstract

AbstractThe reflection, transmission, and absorption coefficients of Terahertz wave from one dimensional stratified media containing dispersive single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are presented with the propagation matrix method. Firstly, the propagation matrix for the whole stratified media slab is obtained by applying electromagnetic waves in each stratified media to the boundary conditions of continuous tangential fields. The reflection and transmission coefficients are got by solving the propagation matrix expressed in the matrix recursion form. Then the accuracy of the propagation matrix method is verified by comparing with numerical results of the Finite-Difference Time-Domain method in reference. The effects to reflection and transmission coefficients of stratified media containing SWCNTs caused by the working frequency, thickness of SWCNTs and silicon dioxide substrate are investigated in detail.