Guided Waves in the Optical Carbon Nanotube Wave Guide

Abstract

The cylindrical carbon nanotube is an optical wave guide in which the monochromatic guided wave propagates and formulated by Maxwell’s wave equations that described by the components of the electric and magnetic fields with different modes. The roots of wave equation are obtained as Bessel’s functions that explain the characteristics of guided wave in the carbon nanotube with phase components. The transverse electric and magnetic fields in linearly polarized waves are parallel and orthogonal over cross section. The normalized propagation function is found with the normalized frequency parameters for the lower order of modes. The guided mode as linearly polarized modes of electromagnetic wave with the axial conductivity and the propagation frequency in the carbon nanotube.