Table 2 Nonlinear absorption coefficients β calculated from the close Z-scan (left) and open Z-scan (right) methods.

From: Optical limiting properties of surface functionalized nanodiamonds probed by the Z-scan method

Material

β data (cm/W)

DND

(1.1 ± 0.3) × 10−10

(3.2 ± 0.5) × 10−10

DND-H

(4.2 ± 0.1) × 10−9

(4.5 ± 0.1) × 10−9

DND-NH2

(1.0 ± 0.0) × 10−9

(9.7 ± 0.0) × 10−10a

  1. aThe fitting errors are less than 0.1: Δ β = 0.03 (close Z-scan) and Δ β = 0.06 (open Z-scan).
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