Cover; Carbon nanotubes and graphene for photonic applications; Copyright; Contents; Contributor contact details; Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials; Part I Optical properties and fabrication of carbon nanotubes and graphene; 1 Fundamental optical properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Basic optical properties of carbon nanotubes; 1.3 Novel excitonic properties of carbon nanotubes; 1.4 Conclusion; 1.5 References; 2 Synthesis of carbon nanotubes and graphene for photonic applications; 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; 2.6 References; 3 Carbon nanotube and graphene photonic devices: nonlinearity enhancement and novel preparation approaches; 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; 3.6 References

Part II Carbon nanotubes and graphene for laser applications4 Optical gain and lasing in carbon nanotubes; 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; 4.6 References; 5 Carbon nanotube and graphene-based fiber lasers; 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; 5.5 References; 6 Carbon-nanotube-based bulk solid-state lasers

6.1 Introduction6.2 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; 6.6 References; 7 Electromagnetic nonlinearities in graphene; 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; 7.6 Acknowledgements; 7.7 References; 8 Carbon nanotube-based nonlinear photonic devices; 8.1 Introduction

8.2 Design and fabrication of carbon nanotube (CNT)-based nonlinear photonic devices8.3 Applications of CNT-based nonlinear photonic devices; 8.4 Conclusion; 8.5 References; Part III Carbon-based optoelectronics; 9 Carbon nanotube solar cells; 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

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 par