incident photon

collocation in English

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incident
adjective
uk
/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/us
/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/
touching or hitting the surface ...
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photon
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfəʊ.tɒn/us
/ˈfoʊ.tɑːn/
a single unit ...
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A simple pumping criterion is considered, and theincidentphotonflux required has been related to the photoionization coefficient and the stimulated emission cross section.
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The final resolution therefore is a function of theincidentphotonenergy and is typically given by 2-3 elements.
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This indicates that the probability perincidentphotonof generating a step is about 400 times less than that of eliciting a normal photon response.
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This increases the volume where electron-hole pairs can be generated by anincidentphoton.
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By interaction with the electric field of a nucleus, the energy of theincidentphotonis converted into the mass of an electron-positron pair.
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Charge-coupled device chips use a similar effect in semiconductors: anincidentphotongenerates a charge on a microscopic capacitor that can be detected.
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It is defined as the number of signal electrons created perincidentphoton.
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Their quantum efficiency is also lower due to reduced number of collected charge carriers perincidentphoton.
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The quantum efficiency of thin film solar cells is also lower due to reduced number of collected charge carriers perincidentphoton.
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It is an interaction between theincidentphotonand the outermost electrons.
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A state that can not absorb anincidentphotonis called a dark state.
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Regardless of theincidentphotonbeam however, all photoelectron spectroscopy revolves around the general theme of surface analysis by measuring the ejected electrons.
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To force this alternative emission to occur, anincidentphotonmust strike the fluorophore.
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In optical excitation theincidentphotonis absorbed by the target atom, absolutely specifying the final state energy.
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In this scattering process, the energy (and therefore the wavelength) of theincidentphotonis conserved and only its direction is changed.
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This occurs, for example, with the photoelectric effect, where anincidentphotonexceeding the atom's ionization energy is absorbed by the electron.
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Such a transition to the higher state is called absorption, and it destroys anincidentphoton(the photon's energy goes into powering the increased energy of the higher state).
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The quantum efficiency, or probability of getting an electron of photocurrent perincidentphoton, depends not only upon the solar cell itself, but upon the spectrum of the light.
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For example, a single electron can have a kinetic energy equal to the energy of theincidentphotonminus the electron binding energy of the state it left.
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However, at higher background light levels with more incident photons, the threshold at the first synapse could be raised.
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