| Summary: | One- and two-dimensional forms of carbon, carbon nanotube, and graphene, and related 2D
materials, have attracted great attention of researchers in many fields for their
interesting and useful electrical, optical, chemical, and mechanical properties. In this
tutorial, we will introduce the basic physics and the linear optical properties of these
1D/2D materials. We then focus on their nonlinear optical properties, saturable
absorption, electro-optic effect, and nonlinear Kerr effect. We will also review and
discuss a few key applications using the ultrafast nonlinear phenomena possessed by these
1D/2D materials: (1) short-pulse fiber lasers using saturable absorption, (2)
electro-optic modulators, and (3) all-optical signal processing devices.
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