When an atom is excited after absorbing a photon, which mechanism allows for fluorescence?

💡 Explanation

Vibrational relaxation allows electrons to drop to slightly lower energy levels within the excited electronic state, because non-radiative transitions release energy as heat internally, therefore longer wavelengths are emitted in fluorescence, rather than the original absorbed wavelength.

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