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Opto-Electronic Engineering, Volume. 52, Issue 7, 250077(2025)

An application of catenary in the design of dual-frequency graphene absorbers

Zhigeng Zhang^1,2, Zhengwei Xie^1,2、*, Mingyang Tian^1,2, Yijia Huang^1,2, Yarong Su^1,2, Jie Zheng^1,2, and Mingjun Tang^1,2

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¹Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610101, China

²College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610101, China

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Zhigeng Zhang, Zhengwei Xie, Mingyang Tian, Yijia Huang, Yarong Su, Jie Zheng, Mingjun Tang. An application of catenary in the design of dual-frequency graphene absorbers[J]. Opto-Electronic Engineering, 2025, 52(7): 250077

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Category: Article

Received: Mar. 12, 2025

Accepted: May. 21, 2025

Published Online: Sep. 4, 2025

The Author Email: Zhengwei Xie (谢征微)

DOI:10.12086/oee.2025.250077

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