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Chapter 1 Nanotechnology-based Materials and Their Interaction with Light |
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1.1 Review of main trends in 3D to 0D materials |
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1.1.1 Main trends in 3D materials for radio frequency (RF) electronics and photonics |
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1.1.2 Main trends in 2D materials for RF electronics and photonics |
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1.1.3 Review of other two-dimensional structures for RF electronic applications |
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1.1.4 Main trends in 1D materials for RF electronics and photonics |
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1.1.5 Other 1D materials for RF applications |
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1.1.6 Some attempts on 0D materials |
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1.2 Light/matter interactions |
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1.2.1 Fundamental electromagnetic properties of 3D bulk materials |
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1.2.2 Linear optical transitions |
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1.2.3 Bandgap engineering in nanomaterials: effect of confinement/sizing on bandgap structure |
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1.3 Focus on two light/matter interactions at the material level |
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1.3.1 Photoconductivity in semiconductor material |
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1.3.2 Example of light absorption in metals: plasmonics |
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Chapter 2 Electromagnetic Material Characterization at Nanoscale |
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2.1 State of the art of macroscopic material characterization techniques in the microwave domain with dedicated equipment |
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2.1.2 Carrier and doping density |
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2.1.3 Contact resistance and Schottky barriers |
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2.1.4 Transient methods for the determination of carrier dynamics |
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2.1.5 Frequency methods for complex permittivity determination in frequency |
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2.2 Evolution of techniques for nanomaterial characterization |
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2.2.2 Optimizing DC measurements |
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2.2.3 Pulsed I-V measurements |
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2.2.4 Capacitance--voltage measurements |
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2.3 Micro- to nanoexperimental techniques for the characterization of 2D, 1D and 0D materials |
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Chapter 3 Nanotechnology-based Components and Devices |
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3.1 Photoconductive switches for microwave applications |
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3.1.3 State of the art of photoconductive switching |
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3.1.4 Photoconductive switching at nanoscale -- examples |
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3.2 2D materials for microwave applications |
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3.2.1 Graphene for RF applications |
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3.2.2 Optoelectronic functions |
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3.2.3 Other potential applications of graphene |
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3.3 1D materials for RF electronics and photonics |
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3.3.1 Carbon nanotubes in microwave and RF circuits |
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3.3.2 CNT microwave transistors |
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3.3.3 RF absorbing and shielding materials based on CNT composites |
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Chapter 4 Nanotechnology-based Subsystems |
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4.1 Sampling and analog-to-digital converter |
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4.1.1 Basic principles of sampling and subsampling |
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4.1.2 Optical sampling of microwave signals |
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4.2 Photomixing principle |
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4.3 Nanoantennas for microwave to THz applications |
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4.3.1 Optical control of antennas in the microwave domain |
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4.3.2 THz photoconducting antennas |
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4.3.3 2D material-based THz antennas |
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4.3.4 1D material-based antennas |
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4.3.5 Challenges for future applications |
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CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES |
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C.2 Perspectives: beyond graphene structures for advanced microwave functions |
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C.2.1 van der Waals heterostructures |
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C.2.2 Beyond graphene: heterogeneous integration of graphene with other 2D semiconductor materials |
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C.2.3 Graphene allotropes |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
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