Terahertz saturable absorbers from liquid phase exfoliation of graphite
- Submitting institution
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University of Sunderland
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 839
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/ncomms15763
- Title of journal
- Nature Communications
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- First page
- 15763
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 2041-1723
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/7595/
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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13
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- THz saturable absorption is reported for the first time from films produced by vacuum filtration and inkjet printing using graphene inks produced via liquid phase exfoliation. The demonstrated 80% transparency modulation combined with the flexibility offered by graphene films and inks and the fast absorption dynamics prove the potential of ink-based graphene saturable absorbers for the engineering of new classes of photonic devices in the THz frequency range with specifically designed device functionalities including ultrafast THz modulators, filters and mirrors, or THz passive components that can be easily integrated with existing laser systems to drive them in the mode-locking regime
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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