| AVS 66th International Symposium & Exhibition | |
| Manufacturing Science and Technology Group | Thursday Sessions |
| Session MS-ThP |
| Session: | Manufacturing Science and Technology Poster Session |
| Presenter: | Tyler Westover, Brigham Young University |
| Authors: | T. Westover, Brigham Young University R.C. Davis, Brigham Young University R.R. Vanfleet, Brigham Young University |
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Patterned carbon nanotube forests are finding an increasing number of applications due to their high aspect ratios and the characteristics of the nanotubes themselves. For example carbon nanotubes are highly absorptive of light in various wavelengths including visible and near infrared. Due to the high absorption of light that comes into contact with a carbon nanotube forest these structures work as sidewalls for an optical collimator. Here we will present our results using a carbon nanotube collimator in the visible and the IR.