Optimizing the identification of mono- and bilayer graphene on multilayer substrates

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 385-389

  Kontis, Christopher ^a   Mueller, Marcel R ^a   Kuechenmeister, Christian ^a   Kallis, Klaus T ^a   Knoch, Joachim ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GRAPHENE; MULTILAYERS;

BI-LAYER; BILAYER GRAPHENE; COLOR DIFFERENCE; MANUFACTURABILITY; MULTI-LAYER SYSTEM; MULTILAYER SUBSTRATE;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84856272712     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.000385     Document Type: Article

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