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