Nonlinear optical properties of graphene-based materials

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2971-2982

  Liu, ZhiBo ^a   Zhang, XiaoLiang ^a,b   Yan, XiaoQing ^a   Chen, YongSheng ^a   Tian, JianGuo ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

graphene; graphene oxide; nonlinear optical properties; optical limiting; saturable absorber

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865487071     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5270-4     Document Type: Review

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