incoming photon

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incoming
adjective[before noun]
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/ˈɪnˌkʌm.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɪnˌkʌm.ɪŋ/
arriving at or coming towards ...
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photon
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfəʊ.tɒn/us
/ˈfoʊ.tɑːn/
a single unit ...
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Anincomingphotonwill create a number of such ion pairs proportional to its energy.
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Theincomingphotonliberates an electron, called a photoelectron, from a silver halide crystal.
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Each of our eyes responds to incoming photons in a non-uniform manner and this non-uniformity is further exaggerated in the cortex.
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Redshift will stretch ancient, incoming photons (even gamma rays) to undetectably long wavelengths and low energies.
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Incoming photons are converted to electrons and therefore voltages, which are in turn converted into a digital signal.
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This is a loss for the cell because the incoming photons are not converted into usable energy.
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Digital cameras use an array of photodiodes whose extreme sensitivity to light allows them to convert incoming photons into varying electrical charges with great accuracy.
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This leads to scattering of the laser light, but with no change in energy between the incoming photons and the reemitted/scattered photons.
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The stacks of granules act as a quarter-wave plate, reflecting incoming photons back to the overlying photoreceptors, while shielding the photoreceptors from light coming from other directions.
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Vacuum photodiodes are similar but do not amplify the signal while silicon photodiodes, on the other hand, detect incoming photons by the excitation of charge carriers directly in the silicon.
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