Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes

Ultrafast Optics and Relaxation Dynamics

Ermin Malic, Andreas Knorr

• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9783527658763
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Physics
• Index: Physics

A first on ultrafast phenomena in carbon nanostructures like graphene, the most promising candidate for revolutionizing information technology and communication The book introduces the reader into the ultrafast nanoworld of graphene and carbon nanotubes, including their microscopic tracks and unique optical finger prints. The author reviews the recent progress in this field by combining theoretical and experimental achievements. He offers a clear theoretical foundation by presenting transparently derived equations. Recent experimental breakthroughs are reviewed. By combining both theory and experiment as well as main results and detailed theoretical derivations, the book turns into an inevitable source for a wider audience from graduate students to researchers in physics, materials science, and electrical engineering who work on optoelectronic devices, renewable energies, or in the semiconductor industry.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Series Page
• Title Page
• copyright
• Dedication
• Preface
• 1 Introduction – The Carbon Age
• 2 Theoretical Framework
• 3 Experimental Techniques for the Study of Ultrafast Nonequilibrium Carrier Dynamics in Graphene Guest article by Stephan Winnerl
• Part One: Electronic Properties – Carrier Relaxation Dynamics
• Part Two: Optical Properties – Absorption Spectra
• Appendix A: Introduction to the Appendices
• Appendix B: Observables in Optical Experiments
• Appendix C: Second Quantization
• Appendix D: Equations of Motion
• Appendix E: Mean-Field and Correlation Effects
• References
• Index