Glossary
Phosphorescence
A luminescence which lasts for some time after excitation of a medium.
Phosphorescence is a kind of Photoluminescence which is a kind of Light emission of a medium. The excitation Energy is stored in metastable electronic states (often triplet states), exhibiting only forbidden transitions to lower state. The stored energy can be released only through relatively slow processes, which are often thermally activated.
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