Optically Controlled Extraordinary Terahertz Transmission of Bi2Se3 Film Modulator

Junhu ZHOU; Tong ZHOU; Dongsheng YANG; Zhenyu WANG; Zhen ZHANG; Jie YOU; Zhongjie XU; Xin ZHENG; Xiang-ai CHENG

doi:10.1007/s13320-019-0528-y

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