The optical transmission of graphene layers is, as depicted in Figure 10.36,
excellent, too. At least in the range of the visible part of the optical spectrum,
graphene shows very good transmittance and no wavelength dependent local
depression as it is found in case of ITO around 500 nm.
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1 Datta, S. (2004) Nanotechnology, 15,
433–451.
2 Pascual, J.J., G omez-Herrero, J., M endez,
J., Bar on, D.A.M., García, N., Landman,
U., Luedtke, W.D., Bogachek, E.N., and
Cheng, H.P. (1994) presented at NATO
Advanced Research Workshop: “Scanning
Probe Microscopies and Molecular
Materials,” Schloss Ringberg, Tegernsee.
3 Watanabe, H., Shimotani, K., Shigematu,
T., and Manabe, C. (2003) Thin Solid Films,
438–439, 462–466.
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and Kreibig, U. (2005) Eur. Phys. J. D, 34,
263–269.
5 Aherne, D., Satti, A., and Fitzmaurice, D.
(2007) Nanotechnology, 18, 125–205.
6 Novoselov, K.S., McCann, E., Morozov,
S.V., Falko, V.I., Katselson, M.I., Zeitler,
U., Jiang, D., Schedin, F., and Geim, A.K.
(2006) Nat. Phys., 2, 177.
7 Poncharal, Ph., Frank, St., Wang, Z.L., and de
Heer, W.A. (1999) Eur. Phys. J., D 9, 77–79.
8 Shklyarevskii, O.I., Speller, S., and van
Kempen, H. (2005) Appl. Phys. A, 81,
1533–1538.
9 Yao, Z., Kane, C.L., and Dekker, C. (2000)
Phys. Rev. Lett., 84, 2941–2944.
10 Martel, R., Schmidt, T., Shea, H.R., Hertel,
T., and Avouris, Ph. (1998) Appl. Phys. Lett.,
73, 2447–2449.
11 Cumings, J. and Zettl, A. (2004) Solid State
Commun., 129, 661–664.
12 Calarco, R., Marso, M., Richter, T., Aykanat,
A.I., Meijers, R., Hart, A.v.d., Stoica, T., and
Lulth, H. (2005) Nano Lett., 5, 981–984.
13 Pan, A., Lin, X., Liu, R., Li, C., He, X., Gao,
H., and Zou, B. (2005) Nanotechnology, 16,
2402–2406.
14 Stauffer, D. and Aharoni, A. (1994)
Introduction to Percolation Theory, 2nd edn,
Taylor & Francis, London.
200
400
600
800
wavelength [nm]
0
20
40
60
80
100
transmittance
[%]
ITO
Graphene 24 nm
Graphene 8 nm
Figure 10.36 Optical transmission of graphene layers [22] in comparison with ITO.
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excellent, too. At least in the range of the visible part of the optical spectrum,
graphene shows very good transmittance and no wavelength dependent local
depression as it is found in case of ITO around 500 nm.
References
1 Datta, S. (2004) Nanotechnology, 15,
433–451.
2 Pascual, J.J., G omez-Herrero, J., M endez,
J., Bar on, D.A.M., García, N., Landman,
U., Luedtke, W.D., Bogachek, E.N., and
Cheng, H.P. (1994) presented at NATO
Advanced Research Workshop: “Scanning
Probe Microscopies and Molecular
Materials,” Schloss Ringberg, Tegernsee.
3 Watanabe, H., Shimotani, K., Shigematu,
T., and Manabe, C. (2003) Thin Solid Films,
438–439, 462–466.
4 Graff, A., Wagner, D., Ditlbache, H.,
and Kreibig, U. (2005) Eur. Phys. J. D, 34,
263–269.
5 Aherne, D., Satti, A., and Fitzmaurice, D.
(2007) Nanotechnology, 18, 125–205.
6 Novoselov, K.S., McCann, E., Morozov,
S.V., Falko, V.I., Katselson, M.I., Zeitler,
U., Jiang, D., Schedin, F., and Geim, A.K.
(2006) Nat. Phys., 2, 177.
7 Poncharal, Ph., Frank, St., Wang, Z.L., and de
Heer, W.A. (1999) Eur. Phys. J., D 9, 77–79.
8 Shklyarevskii, O.I., Speller, S., and van
Kempen, H. (2005) Appl. Phys. A, 81,
1533–1538.
9 Yao, Z., Kane, C.L., and Dekker, C. (2000)
Phys. Rev. Lett., 84, 2941–2944.
10 Martel, R., Schmidt, T., Shea, H.R., Hertel,
T., and Avouris, Ph. (1998) Appl. Phys. Lett.,
73, 2447–2449.
11 Cumings, J. and Zettl, A. (2004) Solid State
Commun., 129, 661–664.
12 Calarco, R., Marso, M., Richter, T., Aykanat,
A.I., Meijers, R., Hart, A.v.d., Stoica, T., and
Lulth, H. (2005) Nano Lett., 5, 981–984.
13 Pan, A., Lin, X., Liu, R., Li, C., He, X., Gao,
H., and Zou, B. (2005) Nanotechnology, 16,
2402–2406.
14 Stauffer, D. and Aharoni, A. (1994)
Introduction to Percolation Theory, 2nd edn,
Taylor & Francis, London.
200
400
600
800
wavelength [nm]
0
20
40
60
80
100
transmittance
[%]
ITO
Graphene 24 nm
Graphene 8 nm
Figure 10.36 Optical transmission of graphene layers [22] in comparison with ITO.
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