Coherent coupling in a WS<sub>2</sub>/graphene van der Waals heterostructure integrated with an Au nanoantenna

Liping Hou; Qifa Wang; Huan Luo; Chenyang Li; Xuetao Gan; Fajun Xiao; Jianlin Zhao

doi:10.3788/COL202523.043601

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 4, 043601(2025)

Coherent coupling in a WS₂/graphene van der Waals heterostructure integrated with an Au nanoantenna

Liping Hou... Qifa Wang, Huan Luo, Chenyang Li, Xuetao Gan*, Fajun Xiao** and Jianlin Zhao*** |Show fewer author(s)

Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710129, China

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