Plasmons in graphene: Fundamental properties and potential applications

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1689-1704

  Jablan, Marinko ^a   Soljačić, Marin ^b   Buljan, Hrvoje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphene; nanophotonics; plasmons; propagation losses

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; NANOPHOTONICS; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS;

COLLECTIVE EXCITATIONS; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; GRAPHENE PLASMONS; MANY-BODY EFFECT; METAL-DIELECTRIC INTERFACE; PROPAGATION LOSS; STRONG CONFINEMENT; SUBWAVELENGTH SCALE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84879881174     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2013.2260115     Document Type: Article

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