- Quantum yield
The quantum yield of a
radiation -induced process is the number of times that a defined event occurs perphoton absorbed by the system. Thus, the quantum yield is a measure of the efficiency with which absorbed light produces some effect.For example, in a chemical
photodegradation process, when a molecule falls apart after absorbing a lightquantum , the quantum yield is the number of destroyed molecules divided by the number of photons absorbed by the system. Since not all photons are absorbed productively, the typical quantum yield will be less than 1.Quantum yields greater than 1 are possible for photo-induced or radiation-induced chain reactions, in which a single photon may trigger a long chain of transformations. One example is the reaction of
hydrogen withchlorine , in which a few hundred molecules ofhydrochloric acid are typically formed per quantum of blue light absorbed.In
optical spectroscopy , the quantum yield is the probability that a given quantum state is formed from the system initially prepared in some other quantum state. For example, asinglet to triplet transition quantum yield is the fraction of molecules that, after being photoexcited into a singlet state, cross over to the triplet state. The fluorescence quantum yield is defined as the ratio of the number of photons emitted to the number of photons absorbed.ee also
Quantum EfficiencyQuantum yield can be defined by the equation:Q= photons emitted/photons absorbed.Quantum yield is essentially the emission efficiency of a given fluorochrome.
External links
* [http://www.jobinyvon.com/Fluorescence/Applications/Quantum-Yield Recording Fluorescence Quantum Yields]
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