Self-biased reconfigurable graphene stacks for terahertz plasmonics

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Gomez Diaz, J S ^a,b   Moldovan, C ^a   Capdevila, S ^a   Romeu, J ^c   Bernard, L S ^a   Magrez, A ^a   Ionescu, A M ^a   Perruisseau Carrier, J ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE;

CARBON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTRODE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INFRARED RADIATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TERAHERTZ PLASMONIC; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 84923873053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7334     Document Type: Article

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