Scattering properties of metallic carbon nanotubes in the presence of dielectric media

Abstract

Scattering properties of a metallic single-walled carbon nanotube that encapsulates a nanowire is studied within the framework of classical electrodynamics. The system is assumed to be illuminated by either a transverse magnetic (TM) or a transverse electric (TE) wave. Electronic excitations on the nanotube's surface are modeled as an infinitesimally thin cylindrical layer of the π-electrons, whose dynamics are described by means of the fluid hydrodynamic theory. The problem is two-dimensional and the solution to both TM and TE uniform plane waves by the system at normal incidences is presented.