Radiant Exittance

 ECE532 Biomedical Optics
©1998
Steven L. Jacques, Scott A. Prahl
Oregon Graduate Institute

M [W/cm2]
"At a point of a surface,
the radiant energy flux leaving an element of the surface
divided by the area of that element."

The Radiant Exittance M [W/cm2] refers to the irradiance which is leaving a surface. It is the same as irradiance E, except the direction of the photons are leaving the area rather than approaching the area.

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