In which color human eye is most sensitive?
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2An additional question: what is the quantum efficiency of the eye? – nibot Jan 17 '11 at 16:27
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Around 555nm wavelength - green color. That's why green lasers are soo cool even at 10 mW :-D
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construct to have it shown here directly – Tobias Kienzler Jan 17 '11 at 15:40
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Answer to the additional question: "what is the quantum efficiency of the eye?" I remember old studies reporting that eight photons reaching the photoreceptors can be detected by a human observer as a flash of light in certain laboratory conditions. The more normal range would certainly be lower than 0.125 say 0.05 - 0.01. Cooling down laboratory animals thus reducing thermal noise in the retina enhances sensitivity but means longer integration times and lower spatial and temporal resolution.
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A little late to the party, but this is a nice article that explains those studies and has the references: http://www.desy.de/user/projects/Physics/Quantum/see_a_photon.html – Arnoques Nov 26 '11 at 05:03
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Cooling down laboratory animals? How did they survive that to be able to actually see? And, BTW, how did they report the flashes they saw? – Ruslan Dec 27 '20 at 18:22