photodétection

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French

Etymology

By surface analysis, photo- (photo-) +‎ détection (detection).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔ.tɔ.de.tɛk.sjɔ̃/

Noun

photodétection f (plural photodétections)

  1. (physics) photodetection
    • 1989, A. Aspect, P. Grangier, G. Roger, “Dualité onde-particule pour un photon unique [Wave–particle duality for a single photon]”, in Journal of Optics, volume 20, number 3, →DOI, page 122:
      Dans une description classique de la lumière par une onde électromagnétique, l’intensité lumineuse est divisée en fractions réfléchie et transmise. Les probabilités de photodétection pendant la porte de comptage numéro sont proportionnelles à la lumination pendant cette porte(on suppose que les diverses probabilités sont petites devant 1).
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