Albert Einstein1905
Einstein used the light-quantum hypothesis to interpret Stokes's rule for fluorescence, arguing that emitted light normally cannot carry a higher quantum energy than the absorbed radiation.
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Einstein used the light-quantum hypothesis to interpret Stokes's rule for fluorescence, arguing that emitted light normally cannot carry a higher quantum energy than the absorbed radiation.
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