Terahertz Optical Bistability in the Metal Nanoparticles-Graphene Nanodisks-Quantum Dots Hybrid Systems
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Model
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Chicago/Turabian StyleTohari, Mariam M. 2020. "Terahertz Optical Bistability in the Metal Nanoparticles-Graphene Nanodisks-Quantum Dots Hybrid Systems" Nanomaterials 10, no. 11: 2173. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10112173