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Stokes shift


 

Stokes shift is the difference (in wavelength or frequency units) between positions of the band maxima of the absorption and luminescence spectra of the same electronic transition.

Related Topics:
Wavelength - Frequency - Absorption - Luminescence - Spectra

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It is named after Irish physicist George G. Stokes.

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Also see Stokes line

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