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In the past few years it has been shown theoretically that carbon nanotubes coated with various materials have the potential to act as waveguides at x-ray frequencies. At these frequencies the angle of incidence relative to the axis of the nanotube is a few milliradians, creating significant challenges for the experimental confirmation of mode formation. Recent developments in the growth of multiwalled carbon nanotubes with WS2 walls suggest that they have the potential to act as Bragg fibers at x-ray frequencies. In this paper we use the scattering matrix method to study mode formation in multiwalled carbon nanotubes coated with gold. It is found that they are capable of acting as Bragg fibers but the wall thickness and the number of bilayers must be increased in order to obtain mode confinement. (C) 2008 American Institute of Physics. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2993754]
Author(s): Ong SY, Childs PA, Herbert DC, O'Neill AG
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Applied Physics
Year: 2008
Volume: 104
Issue: 8
ISSN (print): 0021-8979
ISSN (electronic): 1520-8850
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2993754
DOI: 10.1063/1.2993754
Notes: Article no. 083103 6 pages
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