Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Nanotechnology-based Materials and Their Interaction with Light -- 1.1. Review of main trends in 3D to 0D materials -- 1.1.1. Main trends in 3D materials for radio frequency (RF) electronicsand photonics -- 1.1.2. Main trends in 2D materials for RF electronics and photonics -- 1.1.3. Review of other two-dimensional structures for RF electronic applications -- 1.1.4. Main trends in 1D materials for RF electronics and photonics -- 1.1.5. Other 1D materials for RF applications -- 1.1.6. Some attempts on 0D materials -- 1.2. Light/matter interactions -- 1.2.1. Fundamental electromagnetic properties of 3D bulk materials -- 1.2.2. Linear optical transitions -- 1.3. Focus on two light/matter interactions at the material level -- 1.3.1. Photoconductivity in semiconductor material -- 1.3.2. Example of light absorption in metals: plasmonics -- Chapter 2. Electromagnetic Material Characterization at Nanoscale -- 2.1. State of the art of macroscopic material characterization techniques in the microwave domain with dedicated equipment -- 2.1.1. Static resistivity -- 2.1.2. Carrier and doping density -- 2.1.3. Contact resistance and Schottky barriers -- 2.1.4. Transient methods for the determination of carrier dynamics -- 2.1.5. Frequency methods for complex permittivity determination infrequency -- 2.2. Evolution of techniques for nanomaterial characterization -- 2.2.1. The CNT transistor -- 2.2.2. Optimizing DC measurements -- 2.2.3. Pulsed I-V measurements -- 2.2.4. Capacitance-voltage measurements -- 2.3. Micro- to nano experimental techniques for the characterization of 2D, 1D and 0D materials -- Chapter 3. Nanotechnology-based Components and Devices -- 3.1. Photoconductive switches for microwave applications -- 3.1.1. Major stakes -- 3.1.2. Basic principles.

3.1.3. State of the art of photoconductive switching -- 3.1.4. Photoconductive switching at nanoscale - examples -- 3.2. 2D materials for microwave applications -- 3.2.1. Graphene for RF applications -- 3.2.2. Optoelectronic functions -- 3.2.3. Other potential applications of graphene -- 3.3. 1D materials for RF electronics and photonics -- 3.3.1. Carbon nanotubes in microwave and RF circuits -- 3.3.2. CNT microwave transistors -- 3.3.3. RF absorbing and shielding materials based on CNT composites -- 3.3.4. Interconnects -- Chapter 4. Nanotechnology-based Subsystems -- 4.1. Sampling and analog-to-digital converter -- 4.1.1. Basic principles of sampling and subsampling -- 4.1.2. Optical sampling of microwave signals -- 4.2. Photomixing principle -- 4.3. Nanoantennas for microwave to THz applications -- 4.3.1. Optical control of antennas in the microwave domain -- 4.3.2. THz photoconducting antennas -- 4.3.3. 2D material-based THz antennas -- 4.3.4. 1D material-based antennas -- 4.3.5. Challenges for future applications -- Conclusions and Perspectives -- C.1. Conclusions -- C.2. Perspectives: beyond graphene structures for advanced microwave functions -- C.2.1. van der Waals heterostructures -- C.2.2. Beyond graphene: heterogeneous integration of graphene with other 2D semiconductor materials -- C.2.3. Graphene allotropes -- Bibliography -- Index.