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Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 8, 868(2019)

Experimental demonstration of an electrically tunable broadband coherent perfect absorber based on a graphene–electrolyte–graphene sandwich structure

Jin Zhang1, Xingzhan Wei2, Malin Premaratne3, and Weiren Zhu1、*
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  • 1Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 2Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
  • 3Advanced Computing and Simulation Laboratory (AχL), Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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    Category: Optoelectronics

    Received: May. 20, 2019

    Accepted: Jun. 13, 2019

    Published Online: Jul. 17, 2019

    The Author Email: Weiren Zhu (weiren.zhu@sjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.000868

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