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High optical absorption in graphene

Optics 2012-01-17 v1

Abstract

A simple analysis is performed for the absorption properties of graphene; sandwiched between two media. For a proper choice of media and graphene doping/gating one can approach 50-100% absorption in the GHz-THz range for the one atom thick material. This absorption is controlled by a characteristic chemical potential which depends only on carrier life-time and the indexes of refraction of the dielectric embedding.

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@article{arxiv.1201.3071,
  title  = {High optical absorption in graphene},
  author = {S. P. Apell and G. W. Hanson and C. Hägglund},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.3071},
  year   = {2012}
}

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