A tutorial on nonlinear photonic applications of carbon nanotube and graphene

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 427-447

  Yamashita, Shinji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon; Carbon nanotube; Graphene; Kerr nonlinearity; Mode locked lasers; Saturable absorption; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL DEVICES; KERR NONLINEARITY; MODE-LOCKED LASER; PHOTONIC APPLICATION; PHOTONIC PROPERTIES; SATURABLE ABSORPTION;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; LASERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84856976486     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2172574     Document Type: Review

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