Microwave and optical saturable absorption in graphene

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 23201-23214

  Zheng, Zhiwei ^a   Zhao, Chujun ^a   Lu, Shunbin ^a   Chen, Yu ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Zhang, Han ^a   Wen, Shuangchun ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY BANDS; MICROWAVES; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ABSORBANCES; CONSTANT LEVEL; OPTICAL BANDS; PICOSECOND LASER; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; TELECOMMUNICATION BANDS; Z-SCAN TECHNIQUE;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHITE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

ABSORPTION; GRAPHITE; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROWAVES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84867307244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.023201     Document Type: Article

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