Graphene plasmonics: Challenges and opportunities

ACS Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 133-152

  De Abajo, F Javier García ^a,b  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Graphene; Nanographene; Nanoribbons; Nanotubes; Optical modulation; Plasmons; Transient plasmons

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MODULATION; MODULATION; NANORIBBONS; NANOTUBES; PLASMONS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); YARN;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ELECTRICAL MANIPULATION; ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULATION; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; NANOGRAPHENE; PLASMON OSCILLATIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84924067737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ph400147y     Document Type: Review

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