Title :
A Tutorial on Nonlinear Photonic Applications of Carbon Nanotube and Graphene
Author :
Yamashita, Shinji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Syst., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
One and two dimensional forms of carbon, Carbon nanotube and graphene, have interesting and useful not only electronic but also photonic properties. This tutorial will review their photonic properties, linear and nonlinear, and applications of nonlinear photonic properties as laser mode lockers and nonlinear functional devices.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; graphene; laser mode locking; nonlinear optics; optical materials; C; carbon nanotube application; graphene applications; laser mode locker; nonlinear functional device; nonlinear optic application; nonlinear photonic applications; photonic properties; Atom optics; Carbon; Carbon nanotubes; Laser mode locking; Optical fibers; Photonics; Tutorials; Carbon; Kerr nonlinearity; carbon nanotube; graphene; mode-locked lasers; saturable absorption; wavelength conversion;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2011.2172574
