A plot of a quantity related to the absorption (
absorbance, cross section, etc.) multiplied by the
quantum yield for the considered process against a suitable measure of photon energy, such as frequency,
, wavenumber,
, or
wavelength,
, e.g. the conversion cross section,
, has the SI unit
.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2223
(Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2234