Exploration of edge-dependent optical selection rules for graphene nanoribbons

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 23350-23363

  Chung, H C ^a   Lee, M H ^a   Chang, C P ^b   Lin, M F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAINAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING;

BAND EDGE; EDGE STRUCTURES; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; NANORIBBONS; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL SELECTION RULES; SELECTION RULES; SUB-BANDS; SUB-LATTICES; SUBBAND INDICES; SYMMETRY PROPERTIES; THEORETICAL EXPLANATION; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; TIGHT BINDING MODEL; TRANSITION ENERGY; VELOCITY MATRIX; ZIGZAG EDGES;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 80755127030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.023350     Document Type: Article

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