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Coherent control of light in 2D matter

Nikolay I. Zheludev, Kevin F. MacDonald, Eric Plum, Daniele Faccio

Published Feb 5, 2018• 0 citations
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Abstract

Coherent control of absorption in thin films can be used for optical data processing, spectroscopy and in nonlinear and quantum optics applications.

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