Role of the interlayer interactions in ultrafast terahertz thermal dynamics of bilayer graphene

Tingyuan Jia; Shaoming Xie; Zeyu Zhang; Qinxue Yin; Chunwei Wang; Chenjing Quan; Xiao Xing; Juan Du; Yuxin Leng

doi:10.3788/COL202220.093701

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