Nanoscale Microwave Engineering Optical Control of Nanodevices [Hardcover]

This book targets new trends in microwave engineering by downscaling components and devices for industrial purposes such as miniaturization and function densification, in association with the new approach of activation by a confined optical remote control. It covers the fundamental groundwork of the structure, property, characterization methods and applications of 1D and 2D nanostructures, along with providing the necessary knowledge on atomic structure, how it relates to the material band-structure and how this in turn leads to the amazing properties of these structures. It thus provides new graduates, PhD students and post-doctorates with a resource equipping them with the knowledge to undertake their research.

INTRODUCTION ix

CHAPTER 1. NANOTECHNOLOGY-BASED MATERIALS AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH LIGHT 1

1.1. Review of main trends in 3D to 0D materials 1

1.1.1. Main trends in 3D materials for radio frequency (RF) electronics and photonics 1

1.1.2. Main trends in 2D materials for RF electronics and photonics 2

1.1.3. Review of other two-dimensional structures for RF electronic applications 5

1.1.4. Main trends in 1D materials for RF electronics and photonics 6

1.1.5. Other 1D materials for RF applications 9

1.1.6. Some attempts on 0D materials 13

1.2. Light/matter interactions 13

1.2.1. Fundamental electromagnetic properties of 3D bulk materials 14

1.2.2. Linear optical transitions 22

1.2.3. Bandgap engineering in nanomaterials: effect of confinement/sizing on bandgap structure 23

1.3. Focus on two light/matter interactions at the material level 26

1.3.1. Photoconductivity in semiconductor material 26

1.3.2. Example of lighlsè