Graphene and carbon nanotubes : ultrafast relaxation dynamics and optics /: ultrafast relaxation dynamics and optics. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ermin Malic and Andreas Knorr, with contribution by Stephan Winnerl.
• Other Names: Malic, Ermin; (Physicist), Knorr, Andreas; Winnerl, Stephan
• Contents: Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction -- The Carbon Age; 1.1 Graphene; 1.2 Carbon Nanotubes; 2 Theoretical Framework; 2.1 Many-Particle Hamilton Operator; 2.2 Microscopic Bloch Equations; 2.2.1 Hartree-Fock Approximation; 2.2.2 Second-Order Born-Markov Approximation; 2.2.3 Many-Particle Dephasing; 2.3 Electronic Band Structure of Graphene; 2.3.1 Structure and Symmetry of Graphene; 2.3.2 Tight-Binding Approach; 2.4 Electronic Band Structure of Carbon Nanotubes; 2.4.1 Structure and Symmetry of CNTs; 2.4.2 Zone-Folding Approximation; 2.4.3 Nanotube Families. 2.4.4 Trigonal Warping Effect2.4.5 Density of States; 2.5 Optical Matrix Element; 2.5.1 Graphene; 2.5.2 Carbon Nanotubes; 2.6 Coulomb Matrix Elements; 2.6.1 Graphene; 2.6.2 Carbon Nanotubes: Regularized Coulomb Potential; 2.7 Electron-Phonon Matrix Elements; 2.7.1 Graphene: Kohn Anomalies; 2.7.2 Carbon Nanotubes; 2.8 Macroscopic Observables; 2.8.1 Absorption Coefficient; 2.8.2 Differential Transmission; 3 Experimental Techniques for the Study of Ultrafast Nonequilibrium Carrier Dynamics in Graphene; 3.1 The Principle of Pump-Probe Experiments; 3.1.1 Introduction to the Technique. 3.1.2 Technical Realization of Pump-Probe Experiments3.1.3 Temporal Resolution; 3.1.4 Artifacts in Pump-Probe Signals; 3.2 Characteristics of Short Radiation Pulses; 3.2.1 The Fourier Limit; 3.2.2 Auto-Correlation as a Technique to Characterize Short Radiation Pulses; 3.2.3 Chirped Pulses; 3.3 Sources of Short Infrared and Terahertz Radiation Pulses; 3.3.1 The Titanium-Sapphire Laser; 3.3.2 Optical Parametric Generation and Amplification; 3.3.3 Difference-Frequency Generation; 3.3.4 Generation of Single-Cycle Terahertz Radiation with Photoconductive Antennas; 3.3.5 The Free-Electron Laser. 3.3.6 Generation of a Femtosecond White-Light Continuum3.4 Single-Color and Two-Color Pump-Probe Experiments on Graphene; 3.4.1 Graphene Samples; 3.4.2 Review of Single-Color Experiments; 3.4.3 Review of Two-Color Experiments; Part One Electronic Properties -- Carrier Relaxation Dynamics; 4 Relaxation Dynamics in Graphene; 4.1 Experimental Studies; 4.1.1 High-Resolution Experiment in the Infrared; 4.1.2 Pump-Probe Experiment Close to the Dirac Point; 4.2 Relaxation Channels in Graphene; 4.2.1 Coulomb-Induced Relaxation Channels; 4.2.2 Auger Scattering Channels. 4.2.3 Phonon-Induced Relaxation Channels4.3 Optically Induced Nonequilibrium Carrier Distribution; 4.4 Carrier Dynamics; 4.4.1 Orientational Relaxation toward an Isotropic Carrier Distribution; 4.4.2 Thermalization of the Excited Carrier System; 4.4.3 Energy Dissipation and Carrier Cooling; 4.4.4 Time- and Momentum-Resolved Relaxation Dynamics; 4.4.5 Differential Transmission Spectra; 4.5 Phonon Dynamics; 4.5.1 Momentum-Resolved Dynamics; 4.5.2 Time-Resolved Dynamics; 4.5.3 Momentum- and Time-Resolved Dynamics; 4.6 Pump Fluence Dependence; 4.6.1 Thermalization.
• Publisher Details: Weinheim : Wiley
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (345 pages)
• Subjects: 620.5; Graphene; Nanostructures; Nanotubes; SCIENCE -- Nanoscience; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Nanotechnology & MEMS; Graphene; Nanostructures; Nanotubes; Chemical & Materials Engineering; Engineering & Applied Sciences; Materials Science; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783527658770; 3527658777; 9781299448759; 1299448755; 9783527658763; 3527658769; 9783527658756; 3527658750; 9781118514924; 1118514920; 1118400887; 9781118400883
• Related ISBNs: 9783527658749; 3527658742; 9783527411610; 3527411615; 9781118400883
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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