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    PYL100: Electromagnetic Waves and Quantum Mechanics (II Semester, 2016-17) Exercise Sheet # 1

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    This document contains 9 practice problems related to electromagnetic waves and quantum mechanics. The problems cover a range of topics including: - Determining Planck's constant from photoelectric experiments - Threshold frequency and work function from a graph of stopping potential vs frequency - Photoelectron wavelength and magnetic field deflection - Photon and electron momentum - Photon counting from an attenuated laser beam - X-ray scattering wavelengths and electron recoil kinetic energy - Energy transfer in Compton scattering vs the photoelectric effect - Crystal plane spacing from electron diffraction

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    This document contains 9 practice problems related to electromagnetic waves and quantum mechanics. The problems cover a range of topics including: - Determining Planck's constant from photoelectric experiments - Threshold frequency and work function from a graph of stopping potential vs frequency - Photoelectron wavelength and magnetic field deflection - Photon and electron momentum - Photon counting from an attenuated laser beam - X-ray scattering wavelengths and electron recoil kinetic energy - Energy transfer in Compton scattering vs the photoelectric effect - Crystal plane spacing from electron diffraction

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    PYL100: Electromagnetic Waves and Quantum Mechanics (II Semester, 2016-17)

    Exercise Sheet # 1
    Part 2: QM History & Introduction

    1) Determine the Planck’s constant h if photo electrons ejected from a surface of certain metal by light of
    frequency 2.2 10 Hz are fully retarded by a reverse potential of 6.6 V and those ejected by light of frequency
    15

    4.6 1015 Hz by a reverse potential of 16.5 V.

    2) Will photoelectrons be emitted by a copper surface of work function 4.4 eV when illuminated by
    visible light? [Ans.: No, as t = 282 nm]

    3) Figure 1 below shows a graph between the stopping potential Vo and the frequency  of the incident
    radiations on a photoelectric metallic surface X.
    (a) What is the threshold frequency?
    (b) What is the work function in eV?
    (c) What does the slope of the curve indicate?
    (d) Draw another curve for metal Y whose work function is double that of X.
    ℎ
    [Ans.: 2.0 × 10−15 Hz, 8.25 eV, 𝑒 , Work function of Y = 2 × 8.25 𝑒𝑉, curve cuts V-axis at -16.5 V]

    Figure 1

    4) Light of wavelength 180 nm ejects photoelectrons from a metal plate whose work function is 2 eV. If
    a uniform magnetic field of 5 × 10−5 T is applied parallel to the plate, what would be the radius of
    the path followed by the electrons ejected normally from the plate with maximum energy?
    [Ans.: 0.148 m]

    5) An electron and a photon each have a wavelength of 0.1 nm. What are their momenta? [Ans.: 6.6 ×
    10−24 kg ms −1]

    6) The light emitted by a 1 mW He-Ne laser source is attenuated by a factor of 1011 by passing it through
    an attenuator. The attenuated light is sent into an aluminium tube of length 80 cm. How many photons
    do you expect in the box at any given instant of time? [Ans.: ≈ 10−5 photons. So, not more than one
    photon is expected in the tube at any given instant of time.]
    7) X-rays of wavelength 10.0 pm are scattered from a target. Find the (a) wavelength of the X-rays
    scattered through 45o, (b) maximum wavelength present in the scattered X-rays and (c) maximum
    K.E. of the recoiled electrons. [Ans.: 10.7 pm, 14.9 pm, 40.8 keV]

    8) In a Compton collision with an electron, a photon of violet light (λ = 400 nm) is backward scattered
    through an angle 180o.
    (a) How much energy is transferred to the electron in this collision?
    (b) Compare the result with the energy the electron would acquire in a photoelectric process with the
    same photon. Could violet light eject electrons from a metal by Compton collision? Explain.
    [Ans.: 37.7 eV, 3.10 eV-W, No as energy of photons is too less.]
    9) A beam of 50-keV electrons is directed from a crystal and the diffracted electrons are found at an
    angle of 50o relative to the original beam. What is the spacing of atomic planes of the crystal? A
    relativistic calculation is required for . [Ans.: 0.003 nm]

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