Talk:Phosphorescence
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Yikes, this is a perfect page to explain the background of phosphorescence to a Physics PhD, but it happens that most people aren't.... can someone please explain what it is? Rob Hooft 16:26, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Can phosphorescence be considered a thermal phenomenon? lysdexia 10:26, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- In a nutshell phosphorescence results in the delayed emission of light from a lumophore after photo-excitation. I tried to clean up the definition a little and separate out the blood and guts, but phosphorescence really is defined by the spin multiplicity of the excited species.
- I do not think you can categorize phosphorescence as a strictly thermal phenomenon, though vibrational relaxation does dissipate energy as heat.
- Fearofcarpet 21:34, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)