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Ultrabroad-Band, Greatly Enhanced Light Absorption by Monolayer Graphene

Optics 2013-10-01 v2

Abstract

We demonstrate greatly enhanced light absorption by monolayer graphene over a broad spectral range, from visible to near infrared, based on the attenuated total reflection. In the experiment, graphene is sandwiched between two dielectric media referred as superstrate and substrate. Based on numerical calculation and experimental results, the closer the refractive indices of the superstrate and the substrate, the higher the absorption of graphene will be. The light absorption of monolayer graphene up to 42.7% is experimentally achieved.

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@article{arxiv.1309.4794,
  title  = {Ultrabroad-Band, Greatly Enhanced Light Absorption by Monolayer Graphene},
  author = {Wangshi Zhao and Kaifeng Shi and Zhaolin Lu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.4794},
  year   = {2013}
}

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10 pages, 5 figures