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Term: quantum efficiency
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Definition: the ratio of countable elementary events at the input and output of a quantum device

NOTE 1 – For an optical semiconductor source it is the ratio of the number of photons emitted to the number of electrons applied.

NOTE 2 – For an optical detector it is the ratio of the number of electrons generated in the photocurrent to the number of photons applied.


Publication date:1991-10
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