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alsothethicknessaffectstheintensityoftheresonance,whichisnotfullyconsistentwithanexcitonicresonance.However,anexciton–plasmonstatecouldberesponsiblefortheresonancesinoursystem[9].Graphenesandwichedbe-tweenglassandpolymerhasalsoshowntoposeanexcessbroadbandabsorptionats-polarizationinTIR[10].However,furtherexperimentalandtheoreticalstudiesareneededtoconfirmtheunderlyingmechanismoftheobserveddisper-siveopticalresonance.
Inconclusion,wehaveobservedaclearlydispersiveopti-calresonanceinreflectionspectroscopyofmetallicSWCNTfilms.Itappearsonlyforans-polarizedexcitationsource,andisstrongestatfilmthicknessesaround100nm.ThedependenceofintensityanddispersionoftheresonanceonthethicknessandthesurroundingenvironmentisconsistentwithcreationofmagneticplasmonsorMPPs,andthevicinityofM11andM22transitionssuggeststhatexcitonsmaybein-volvedintheprocess.
ThisworkwassupportedbytheAcademyofFinland(Pro-jectNos.135193and218182.WethankJaakkoKoivistoforacquiringRamanspectra.T.I.thankstheFinnishNationalDoctoralProgrammeinNanoscience.
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AppendixA.Supplementarydata
Supplementarydataassociatedwiththisarticlecanbefound,intheonlineversion,athttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2013.07.018.
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