Excitonic resonances as fingerprint of strong Coulomb coupling in graphene

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Stroucken, T ^a   Gronqvist J H ^a,b   Koch, S W ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESONANCE;

BLUE SHIFT; COULOMB COUPLINGS; COUPLING CONSTANTS; COUPLING STRENGTHS; CRITICAL VALUE; EXCITONIC RESONANCE; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FINE STRUCTURE CONSTANTS; MICROSCOPIC THEORY; OPTICAL SPECTRA; OSCILLATOR STRENGTHS; QUASIPARTICLE SPECTRUM; SECOND ORDERS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84857403905     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.000A86     Document Type: Article

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