Spatially resolved pump-probe study of single-layer graphene produced by chemical vapor deposition [Invited]

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 708-716

  Ruzicka, Brian A ^a   Wang, Shuai ^b   Liu, Jianwei ^a   Loh, Kian Ping ^b   Wu, Judy Z ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GRAPHENE; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL PUMPING; PROBES; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

CARRIER DYNAMICS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTION; DIFFERENTIAL TRANSMISSION; PUMP-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY; SPATIAL PROFILES; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; TEMPORALLY RESOLVED;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 84866556254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.000708     Document Type: Article

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