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Appendix 2 – Nano- versus pico-
Chapter 2 – Fundamentals of Laser Tattoo Removal v1.0
Prefix
Name
Factor
Scientific Notation
T
Tera
1,000,000,000,000
1012
G
Giga
1,000,000,000
109
M
Mega
1,000,000
106
k
kilo
1,000
103
n/a
n/a
1
100
m
milli
0.001
10-3
micro
0.000 001
10-6
n
nano
0.000 000 001
10-9
p
pico
0.000 000 000 001
10-12
f
femto
0.000 000 000 000 001
10-15
So, a 500 picosecond pulse is actually 0.5 nanoseconds!
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