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Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 10, 1154(2019)

Direction controllable inverse transition radiation from the spatial dispersion in a graphene-dielectric stack

Sen Gong1,2, Min Hu1,2、*, Zhenhua Wu1,2,5, Hang Pan3, Haotian Wang3, Kaichun Zhang1,2, Renbin Zhong1,2, Jun Zhou1,2, Tao Zhao1,2, Diwei Liu1,2, Wei Wang1,2, Chao Zhang2,4, and Shenggang Liu1,2
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  • 1Terahertz Research Center, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Terahertz Technology, Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610054, China
  • 3Glasgow College, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
  • 4School of Physics and Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
  • 5e-mail: wuzhenhua@uestc.edu.cn
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    Sen Gong, Min Hu, Zhenhua Wu, Hang Pan, Haotian Wang, Kaichun Zhang, Renbin Zhong, Jun Zhou, Tao Zhao, Diwei Liu, Wei Wang, Chao Zhang, Shenggang Liu, "Direction controllable inverse transition radiation from the spatial dispersion in a graphene-dielectric stack," Photonics Res. 7, 1154 (2019)

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    Category: Optical and Photonic Materials

    Received: Jul. 4, 2019

    Accepted: Aug. 3, 2019

    Published Online: Sep. 18, 2019

    The Author Email: Min Hu (hu_m@uestc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.001154

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