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Graphene benefits

Silicon-waveguide-integrated graphene photodetectors offer high responsivities, high speeds and broad spectral bandwidths, paving the way for graphene-based optical interconnects.

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Liu, M., Zhang, X. Graphene benefits. Nature Photon 7, 851–852 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2013.257

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