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quantum efficiency

A measure of the efficiency of conversion or utilization of light or other radiation. It is given by the proportion of incident photons, of a particular frequency, that are converted by a device into a useful form, such as a permanent record. Photographic emulsions, at best, record only a few photons out of every thousand falling on them. Electronic detectors have a much higher efficiency.
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quantum efficiency

[′kwän·təm i‚fish·ən·sē]
(electronics)
The average number of electrons photoelectrically emitted from a photocathode per incident photon of a given wavelength in a phototube.
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where [[lambda].sup.4.sub.peak]/8[pi][cn.sup.2] can be regarded as a constant and [eta] is the quantum efficiency. The calculated results have been shown in Table 1 and Figure 5.
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(b) Normalized fluorescence enhancement (blue) and modified quantum efficiency (green) of a single emitter with intrinsic quantum efficiency 0.3.
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In this case, one calculates the quantum efficiency of energy transfer:
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