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USEFUL CONSTANTS

Constant Symbol Value Units


Speed of light in vacuum c 2.998 108 m/s
Elementary charge q 1.6 10-19 C
Planck’s constant h 6.626 10-34 Js
Boltzmann’s constant k 1.38 10-23 J/K

USEFUL FORMULAS

Formula
Speed of light in vacuum 𝑐 = 𝜆ν
Energy of a photon ℎ𝑐
𝐸 = ℎ𝜈 =
𝜆
Irradiance 𝜆
𝐼 = ∫ 𝑃(𝜆)𝑑𝜆
0
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𝐴𝑀 =
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
Spectral photon flux 𝜆
Φ(𝜆) = 𝑃(𝜆)
ℎ𝑐
Photon flux 𝜆
𝜙 = ∫ Φ(𝜆)𝑑𝜆
0

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