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Enhanced optical limiting effect in fluorine-functionalized graphene oxide

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Nonlinear optical absorption of fluorine-functionalized graphene oxide (F-GO) solution was researched by the open-aperture Z-scan method using 1064 and 532 nm lasers as the excitation sources. The F-GO dispersion exhibited strong optical limiting property and the fitted results demonstrated that the optical limiting behavior was the result of a two-photon absorption process. For F-GO nanosheets, the two-photon absorption coefficients at 1064 nm excitation are 20% larger than the values at 532 nm excitation and four times larger than that of pure GO nanosheets. It indicates that the doping of fluorine can effectively improve the nonlinear optical property of GO especially in infrared waveband, and fluorine-functionalized graphene oxide is an excellent nonlinear absorption material in infrared waveband.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61178060, 11704227), Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholar of Shandong Province (2012JQ18), and Scientific Research Foundation of Shandong University of Technology (4041/416033).

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    Fang Zhang

  2. State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China

    Zhengping Wang, Duanliang Wang, Shenglai Wang & Xinguang Xu

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Dr. Fang Zhang wrote the main manuscript text and did the primary experiment. Prof. Zhengping Wang and Xinguang Xu guided the whole experiment and Prof. Zhengping Wang amended the manuscript text. Dr. Duanliang Wang and Prof. Shenglai Wang provided the Z-scan experimental setup and the technical guidance. All authors discussed the results and commented on the manuscript.

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Zhang, F., Wang, Z., Wang, D. et al. Enhanced optical limiting effect in fluorine-functionalized graphene oxide. J Nanopart Res 19, 309 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-017-4012-6

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