DC current induced second order optical nonlinearity in graphene

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 15868-15876

  Cheng, J L ^a,b   Vermeulen, N ^a   Sipe, J E ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS; RELAXATION TIME;

DC CURRENT; EFFECTIVE SECOND ORDER SUSCEPTIBILITY; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; PHOTON ENERGY; SECOND ORDER OPTICAL NONLINEARITY; SEMICONDUCTOR BLOCH EQUATIONS; SURFACE CURRENT DENSITY; UNDERRELAXATION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84903735733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.015868     Document Type: Article

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