Excitation of surface electromagnetic waves in a graphene-based Bragg grating

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sreekanth, Kandammathe Valiyaveedu ^a   Zeng, Shuwen ^b,c   Shang, Jingzhi ^a   Yong, Ken Tye ^b   Yu, Ting ^a,d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c RESEARCH TECHNO PLAZA   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; GRAPHITE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84868296583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00737     Document Type: Article

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