Ultrafast optical switching of infrared plasmon polaritons in high-mobility graphene

Nature Photonics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 244-247

  Ni, G X ^a,b   Wang, L ^c   Goldflam, M D ^b   Wagner, M ^b   Fei, Z ^b   McLeod, A S ^b   Liu, M K ^b,d   Keilmann, F ^e   Ozyilmaz B ^a,f   Castro Neto, A H ^a   Hone, J ^a,c   Fogler, M M ^b   Basov, D N ^b,c  

^a National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GRAPHENE;

CARRIER RELAXATION; FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PULSE; INFRARED WAVELENGTHS; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PLASMON PROPAGATION; PLASMON-POLARITONS; PLASMONIC RESPONSE; ULTRAFAST OPTICAL SWITCHING;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84977993092     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2016.45     Document Type: Article

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