Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene for Photonic Applications

by Shinji Yamashita (Editor), Yahachi Saito (Editor), Jong Hyun Choi (Editor)

Overview

The optical properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene make them potentially suitable for a variety of photonic applications. Carbon nanotubes and graphene for photonic applications explores the properties of these exciting materials and their use across a variety of applications.Part one introduces the fundamental optical properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene before exploring how carbon nanotubes and graphene are synthesised. A further chapter focusses on nonlinearity enhancement and novel preparation approaches for carbon nanotube and graphene photonic devices. Chapters in part two discuss carbon nanotubes and graphene for laser applications and highlight optical gain and lasing in carbon nanotubes, carbon nanotube and graphene-based fiber lasers, carbon-nanotube-based bulk solid-state lasers, electromagnetic nonlinearities in graphene, and carbon nanotube-based nonlinear photonic devices. Finally, part three focusses on carbon-based optoelectronics and includes chapters on carbon nanotube solar cells, a carbon nanotube-based optical platform for biomolecular detection, hybrid carbon nanotube-liquid crystal nanophotonic devices, and quantum light sources based on individual carbon nanotubes.Carbon nanotubes and graphene for photonic applications is a technical resource for materials scientists, electrical engineers working in the photonics and optoelectronics industry and academics and researchers interested in the field. - Covers the properties and fabrication of carbon nanotubes and graphene for photonic applications - Considers the uses of carbon nanotubes and graphene for laser applications - Explores numerous carbon-based light emitters and detectors

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857098627
Publisher:	Woodhead Publishing, Limited
Publication date:	08/31/2013
Series:	Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Shinji Yamashita is a Professor at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo, Japan.
Yahachi Saito is a Professor at the Department of Quantum Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan.
Jong Hyun Choi is a Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, USA.

Table of Contents

Contributor contact details Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials Part I: Optical properties and fabrication of carbon nanotubes and graphene Chapter 1: Fundamental optical properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene Abstract: 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Basic optical properties of carbon nanotubes 1.3 Novel excitonic properties of carbon nanotubes 1.4 Conclusion Chapter 2: Synthesis of carbon nanotubes and graphene for photonic applications Abstract: 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) 2.3 Single-walled carbon nanotube synthesis for photonic applications 2.4 Graphene synthesis 2.5 Conclusion and future trends Chapter 3: Carbon nanotube and graphene photonic devices: nonlinearity enhancement and novel preparation approaches Abstract: 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Nonlinearity of carbon nanotubes and graphene; saturable absorption 3.3 Novel interaction schemes of propagating light with carbon nanostructures 3.4 Highly efficient preparation of fiber mode-lockers 3.5 Conclusion Part II: Carbon nanotubes and graphene for laser applications Chapter 4: Optical gain and lasing in carbon nanotubes Abstract: 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Extraction of semiconducting carbon nanotubes 4.3 Towards carbon nanotubes-based lasers 4.4 Optical gain in single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) 4.5 Conclusion Chapter 5: Carbon nanotube and graphene-based fiber lasers Abstract: 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Carbon nanotube and graphene saturable absorbers 5.3 Mode-locked fiber lasers employing graphene and CNTs 5.4 Conclusion and future trends Chapter 6: Carbon-nanotube-based bulk solid-state lasers Abstract: 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Fabrication of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)-based saturable absorbers 6.3 Device characteristics 6.4 Mode-locking of bulk solid-state lasers 6.5 Conclusion and future trends Chapter 7: Electromagnetic nonlinearities in graphene Abstract: 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Electronic properties of graphene 7.3 Linear electrodynamics of graphene 7.4 Nonlinear electromagnetic response of graphene 7.5 Conclusion and future trends Chapter 8: Carbon nanotube-based nonlinear photonic devices Abstract: 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Design and fabrication of carbon nanotube (CNT)-based nonlinear photonic devices 8.3 Applications of CNT-based nonlinear photonic devices 8.4 Conclusion Part III: Carbon-based optoelectronics Chapter 9: Carbon nanotube solar cells Abstract: 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Optoelectronic properties of carbon nanotubes 9.3 Scope of the study 9.4 Carbon nanotubes in solid-state bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells 9.5 Carbon nanotubes in liquid phase photoelectrochemical cells: donor–acceptor hybrids 9.6 Single-walled carbon nanotubes in photoactive layer of dye-sensitized solar cells 9.7 Carbon nanotubes as electrode materials in photovoltaic devices 9.8 Developing technologies 9.9 Conclusion and future trends 9.10 Acknowledgement Chapter 10: Carbon nanotube-based optical platforms for biomolecular detection Abstract: 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Optical-sensing mechanism 10.3 Carbon nanotube-based optical sensors for chemical and biological molecules 10.4 Advanced optical-sensing applications 10.5 Conclusion 10.6 Acknowledgment Chapter 11: Carbon nanotube-based photovoltaic and light-emitting diodes Abstract: 11.1 Introduction to carbon nanotube (CNT) diodes 11.2 Doping-free fabrication and characteristics of CNT diodes 11.3 Performance and optimization of CNT photovoltaic diodes 11.4 Photovoltage multiplication in CNT diodes 11.5 Carbon nanotube-based light-emitting diodes 11.6 Conclusion and future trends 11.7 Acknowledgements Chapter 12: Hybrid carbon nanotubeâ€"liquid crystal nanophotonic devices Abstract: 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Uniform patterned growth of multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) 12.3 Simple optics of nematic liquid crystals 12.4 Carbon nanotubes as electrode structures 12.5 Reconfigurable microlens arrays 12.6 Transparent nanophotonic devices 12.

Editorial Reviews

"With the increasing interest in carbon nanostructures…, textbooks and review articles continue to appear with a special focus on new findings and their relation to prior knowledge. The recent volume entitled 'Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene for Photonic Applications'…fits nicely into this context…The individual chapters provide excellent coverage of the literature with each chapter containing many pertinent and current references." —MaterialsView.com, December 17, 2013

The individual chapters provide excellent coverage of the literature with each chapter containing many pertinent and current references." —Materials Views

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