Ultrafast dynamics and nonlinear optical responses from sp2- and sp3-hybridized domains in graphene oxide

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1972-1977

  Liu, Zhi Bo ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Zhang, Xiao Liang ^a   Yan, Xiao Qing ^a   Wu, Ying Peng ^a   Chen, Yong Sheng ^a   Tian, Jian Guo ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICAL RESPONSE; OPTICAL DIFFERENTIALS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PUMP INTENSITIES; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRA-FAST DYNAMICS; ULTRAFAST RELAXATION DYNAMICS; Z-SCAN TECHNIQUE;

ABSORPTION; DYNAMICS; GRAPHENE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUMINESCENCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONS; PUMPS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 80051918177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz2008374     Document Type: Article

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