Ultrafast carrier kinetics in exfoliated graphene and thin graphite films

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2326-2333

  Newson, Ryan W ^a   Dean, Jesse ^a   Schmidt, Ben ^a   Van Driel, Henry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY; OPTICAL PUMPING;

CARRIER COOLING; EXFOLIATED GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE FILMS; LAYER DEPENDENCES; MULTILAYER GRAPHENE; SUBSTRATE COUPLINGS; TRANSMISSIVITY; ULTRAFAST CARRIERS;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPHITE; LIGHT; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 60549087523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.002326     Document Type: Article

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