Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene for Photonic Applications

<p>Contributor contact details</p> <p>Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials</p> <p>Part I: Optical properties and fabrication of carbon nanotubes and graphene</p> <p>Chapter 1: Fundamental optical properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>1.1 Introduction</p> <p>1.2 Basic optical properties of carbon nanotubes</p> <p>1.3 Novel excitonic properties of carbon nanotubes</p> <p>1.4 Conclusion</p> <p>Chapter 2: Synthesis of carbon nanotubes and graphene for photonic applications</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>2.1 Introduction</p> <p>2.2 Synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs)</p> <p>2.3 Single-walled carbon nanotube synthesis for photonic applications</p> <p>2.4 Graphene synthesis</p> <p>2.5 Conclusion and future trends</p> <p>Chapter 3: Carbon nanotube and graphene photonic devices: nonlinearity enhancement and novel preparation approaches</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>3.1 Introduction</p> <p>3.2 Nonlinearity of carbon nanotubes and graphene; saturable absorption</p> <p>3.3 Novel interaction schemes of propagating light with carbon nanostructures</p> <p>3.4 Highly efficient preparation of fiber mode-lockers</p> <p>3.5 Conclusion</p> <p>Part II: Carbon nanotubes and graphene for laser applications</p> <p>Chapter 4: Optical gain and lasing in carbon nanotubes</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>4.1 Introduction</p> <p>4.2 Extraction of semiconducting carbon nanotubes</p> <p>4.3 Towards carbon nanotubes-based lasers</p> <p>4.4 Optical gain in single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs)</p> <p>4.5 Conclusion</p> <p>Chapter 5: Carbon nanotube and graphene-based fiber lasers</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>5.1 Introduction</p> <p>5.2 Carbon nanotube and graphene saturable absorbers</p> <p>5.3 Mode-locked fiber lasers employing graphene and CNTs</p> <p>5.4 Conclusion and future trends</p> <p>Chapter 6: Carbon-nanotube-based bulk solid-state lasers</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>6.1 Introduction</p> <p>6.2 Fabrication of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)-based saturable absorbers</p> <p>6.3 Device characteristics</p> <p>6.4 Mode-locking of bulk solid-state lasers</p> <p>6.5 Conclusion and future trends</p> <p>Chapter 7: Electromagnetic nonlinearities in graphene</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>7.1 Introduction</p> <p>7.2 Electronic properties of graphene</p> <p>7.3 Linear electrodynamics of graphene</p> <p>7.4 Nonlinear electromagnetic response of graphene</p> <p>7.5 Conclusion and future trends</p> <p>Chapter 8: Carbon nanotube-based nonlinear photonic devices</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>8.1 Introduction</p> <p>8.2 Design and fabrication of carbon nanotube (CNT)-based nonlinear photonic devices</p> <p>8.3 Applications of CNT-based nonlinear photonic devices</p> <p>8.4 Conclusion</p> <p>Part III: Carbon-based optoelectronics</p> <p>Chapter 9: Carbon nanotube solar cells</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>9.1 Introduction</p> <p>9.2 Optoelectronic properties of carbon nanotubes</p> <p>9.3 Scope of the study</p> <p>9.4 Carbon nanotubes in solid-state bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells</p> <p>9.5 Carbon nanotubes in liquid phase photoelectrochemical cells: donor–acceptor hybrids</p> <p>9.6 Single-walled carbon nanotubes in photoactive layer of dye-sensitized solar cells</p> <p>9.7 Carbon nanotubes as electrode materials in photovoltaic devices</p> <p>9.8 Developing technologies</p> <p>9.9 Conclusion and future trends</p> <p>9.10 Acknowledgement</p> <p>Chapter 10: Carbon nanotube-based optical platforms for biomolecular detection</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>10.1 Introduction</p> <p>10.2 Optical-sensing mechanism</p> <p>10.3 Carbon nanotube-based optical sensors for chemical and biological molecules</p> <p>10.4 Advanced optical-sensing applications</p> <p>10.5 Conclusion</p> <p>10.6 Acknowledgment</p> <p>Chapter 11: Carbon nanotube-based photovoltaic and light-emitting diodes</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>11.1 Introduction to carbon nanotube (CNT) diodes</p> <p>11.2 Doping-free fabrication and characteristics of CNT diodes</p> <p>11.3 Performance and optimization of CNT photovoltaic diodes</p> <p>11.4 Photovoltage multiplication in CNT diodes</p> <p>11.5 Carbon nanotube-based light-emitting diodes</p> <p>11.6 Conclusion and future trends</p> <p>11.7 Acknowledgements</p> <p>Chapter 12: Hybrid carbon nanotube–liquid crystal nanophotonic devices</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>12.1 Introduction</p> <p>12.2 Uniform patterned growth of multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)</p> <p>12.3 Simple optics of nematic liquid crystals</p> <p>12.4 Carbon nanotubes as electrode structures</p> <p>12.5 Reconfigurable microlens arrays</p> <p>12.6 Transparent nanophotonic devices</p> <p>12.7 Photonic band gap structures using MWCNTs</p> <p>12.8 Towards photonic metamaterials</p> <p>12.9 Conclusion</p> <p>Chapter 13: Quantum light sources based on individual carbon nanotubes</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>13.1 Introduction</p> <p>13.2 Exciton emission from individual single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)</p> <p>13.3 Blinking and spectral diffusion phenomena in individual SWCNTs</p> <p>13.4 Techniques to suppress and remove blinking and spectral diffusion</p> <p>13.5 Quantum light sources based on SWCNTs</p> <p>13.6 Conclusion and future trends</p> <p>13.7 Acknowledgement</p> <p>Index</p>