Introducing Corrections to the Reflectance of Graphene by Light Emission
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Reflectance of Graphene Multilayer on Si Substrate
2.1. Fresnel Equation
2.2. Comparison of Measured and Calculated Contrasts
2.3. Effective Coupling Constant
3. Corrections to Reflectance by Light Emission
3.1. Basic Idea
3.2. Primary Model
3.3. Model of Light Emission
4. Applications of Model
4.1. Comparison of Theory and Experiment
4.2. Monolayer
4.3. Raman Scattering as Incoherent Corrections
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. Measured Reflectivities
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Sasaki, K.-i.; Hitachi, K.; Kamada, M.; Yokosawa, T.; Ochi, T.; Matsui, T. Introducing Corrections to the Reflectance of Graphene by Light Emission. C 2024, 10, 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/c10010018
Sasaki K-i, Hitachi K, Kamada M, Yokosawa T, Ochi T, Matsui T. Introducing Corrections to the Reflectance of Graphene by Light Emission. C. 2024; 10(1):18. https://doi.org/10.3390/c10010018
Chicago/Turabian StyleSasaki, Ken-ichi, Kenichi Hitachi, Masahiro Kamada, Takamoto Yokosawa, Taisuke Ochi, and Tomohiro Matsui. 2024. "Introducing Corrections to the Reflectance of Graphene by Light Emission" C 10, no. 1: 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/c10010018