stimulus energy and receptors

Stimuli transfer kinetic energy to receptors, which require a minimum (threshold) energy to respond. Light photons collide with, and transfer kinetic energy to, retinal photoreceptors {stimulus energy and receptors}. Photons have energy E that depends on electric-field frequency f: E = h * f, where h is Planck constant. Blue-light-photon-energy to red-light-photon-energy ratio is approximately 1.75. Photoreceptors have maximum-sensitivity wavelength and respond less to higher and lower wavelengths.

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