The _____ of a detector is the fraction of incident photons that produce a photoelectron or electron-hole  pair
∙ a. Responsitivity  
∙ b. Photon efficiency  
∙ c. Aperture  
∙ d. Quantum efficiency

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Answer :

d. Quantum efficiency

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