Table 1. Nonlinear absorption coefficient, nonlinear refractive index, and third order nonlinear susceptibility of DNA and DNA-CTMA thin solid films at 800 and 1570 nm.

Wavelength	Material	β (m/W)	n2 (cm2/W)	χ3 (esu)
800 nm	DNA film	1.51 × 10−10	3.63 × 10−13	4.15 × 10−11
	DNA-CTMA film	7.71 × 10−10	1.81 × 10−12	2.05 × 10−10
1570 nm	DNA film	1.78 × 10−9	3.44 × 10−12	8.42 × 10−10
	DNA-CTMA film	8.89 × 10−9	1.82 × 10−11	4.11 × 10−9
530~1300 nm [ref. 21]	DNA in Water	2 × 10−11 (@530 nm)	1 × 10−14~2 × 10−15	—

The thin film thicknesses were 710 nm and 145 nm for DNA and DNA-CTMA, respectively.