superfluorescence

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word superfluorescence. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word superfluorescence, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say superfluorescence in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word superfluorescence you have here. The definition of the word superfluorescence will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofsuperfluorescence, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ fluorescence.

Noun

superfluorescence (plural superfluorescences)

  1. (physics) fluorescence as a result of spontaneous correlation of excited atomic states
    • 1999 November 19, Malcolm H. Dunn, Majid Ebrahimzadeh, “Parametric Generation of Tunable Light from Continuous-Wave to Femtosecond Pulses”, in Science, volume 286, number 5444, →DOI, pages 1513–1517:
      In this approach, a source of parametric superfluorescence (an OPG with optical gain of 10 10 to 10 12 ) provides the seed pulse (energy 10 to 100 nJ) for subsequent parametric amplification (with an OPG with optical gain of 10 3 to 10 5 ).