Many-electron effects on optical absorption spectra of strained graphene

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 403-409

  Liang, Yufeng ^a   Huang, Shouting ^a   Yang, Li ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C; Electronic structure; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRAIN; BETHE-SALPETER EQUATION; BOUND EXCITON; BROKEN SYMMETRY; C; ELECTRON-HOLE INTERACTIONS; EXCITONIC EFFECT; FERMI VELOCITIES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; OPTICAL ABSORBANCE; OPTICAL RESPONSE; RED SHIFT; VISIBLE LIGHT;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EXCITONS; GRAPHENE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84862912814     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.412     Document Type: Article

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