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Ultra-tunable graphene light source

Compact monochromatic X-ray sources based on graphene plasmons may soon become a reality.

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Figure 1: Generation of tunable radiation in graphene.

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Robb, G. Ultra-tunable graphene light source. Nature Photon 10, 3–4 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2015.256

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