1. A blackbody at a temperature of T K radiates 300 mW of power.

Find the power

radiated at a temperature of T/2 K.
Ans: 18.75 mW
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2.! The work function for the platinum metal is 8.010-19 J. Will a radiation of
wavelength 200 nm be able to cause photoelectric effect? If so what will be the
velocity of the electron ejected from the surface?
Ans: Yes, v = 6.495 10 5 m sec 1
3.!Electrons are used to determine the structure of a crystal surface. The wavelength
of the electron beam is comparable to the lattice spacing of 0.3 nm. What energy do
such electrons have, expressed in electron volts? Hint: Use de Broglie equation.
Ans: ! = !!"#$
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4.!The!resolution, x, of any optical microscope is its ability to detect the smallest
possible things and is approximately equal to the wavelength ( ) of the radiation
used in the instrument. What is the resolution of an electron microscope having
electrons with kinetic energy (a) 100 eV and (b) 12 keV. Are the resolutions higher
or lower than that obtained from ordinary visible light microscopes?
Ans: a Resolution = !. !""!!"!
b !Resolution = !. !""!!"
They have higher resolution compared to the visible light microscopes.
5.!Find the wavelength spread of a 10 fs (1fs =10-15 s) laser pulse from a Ti-Sapphire
laser, with a central frequency of 3.70 1014 Hz.
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Hint: ! ! ! ; ! = !! ! = !! !!!
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Ans:! ! ! ! ; ! = !! ! = !! !!!
Wavelength spread is about 17 nm.
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6.!State whether sin(3x) is an eigenfunction of the operator d2/dx2? If so, what is the
eigenvalue?!
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Ans:!d2/dx2 sin 3x = -9 (sin 3x), hence an eigen function and eigen value is -9.!

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7.! Under what condition is the function !!!! an eigenfunction of the operator
(d2/dq2 kq2), where, a and k are arbitrary constants. [Exclude the trivial solutions]!
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Ans:!k = 4a2
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8.! What is the speed of an electron whose de Broglie wavelength is 0.1 nm? If the
entire kinetic energy of such an electron is transferred to a single photon, what is
the wavelength of this photon?
Ans: v=7.3x106 m/s; photon=8.24 nm
9. Calculate the minimum uncertainty in the speed of an electron confined to a
linear region of 100 pm.
Ans: v=5.7!x!105!m.s 1
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10. A 1 gm marble is considered to roll inside a tube of length L =1 cm. The tube is
capped at both ends. Modeling this as a 1D infinite square well, determine the
quantum number n, if the marble is initially given energy of 1.0 mJ. Calculate
excitation energy required to promote the marble to the next available energy level.
Ans: n= 4.27x1028; E = 4.69x10-32 J
11. If an electron is having a normalized one dimensional wave function
= 2 sin(x) in the range x = 0 to 1, calculate the probability that the electron is in
the range from x = 0.25 to 0.75.
Ans: P=81.8 %
12. An oxygen molecule is confined in a cubical box of volume 1 m3. Assuming the
average kinetic energy of the molecule to be 3/2 kT where k is the Boltzmann
constant, find the value of n = (nx2 + ny2 + nz2) for the molecule at T= 300 K.
Ans: ! = !. !"!!!!"!"
13. Determine the degree of degeneracy of the energy level 17h2/8ma2 of a particle in
a cubic box.
Ans: (2,2,3) (3,2,2), (2,3,2) ; 3

14. The ground state translational energy of a particle in a one-dimensional box of

300 pm length is about 4 eV. Suppose that the same particle is moving in a three
dimensional cubic box of edge length 100 pm. Estimate the ground-state energy of
the particle in the three-dimensional box.
Ans: E=108 eV
15. Normalize the function ! ! = (!!! !! ) in the interval x = -a to +a and find
out the Normalization constant.
Ans: N = 15/16a5
16. Find the energies of E(311), E(222) and E(321) and construct an energy level
diagram for a three dimensional cubic well in terms of the ground state energy of
the one-dimensional infinite square well E(1). (Numbers in the bracket represents
the quantum numbers). Which of the states are degenerate? Indicate their
degeneracy.
Ans: Assuming the wells have same edge length,

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888888888888888!E321!(14E1)!6!fold!degenerate!
8888888888888888!E222!(12E1)!non!degenerate!
8888888888888888!!E311!(11E1)!!3!fold!degenerate!

17. Suppose the particle in problem 16 is an electron and L =0.1 nm. Compute the
energy of transition from the (311) excited state to the ground state.
Ans: E1 = 37.7 eV
E311 E111 = 11E1 3E1 = 8E1 = 302 eV
18. The wavelength of the transition between n=3 to n=2 of !!!"! ion is 164 nm.
Calculate the shift in wavelength for isotope !!!"! for the same transition.
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Use!!!!

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!!/!!!!

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=!22047/22048,!where!!is!the!reduced!mass.!!

Ans:
1/!!!R!(from!Rydbergs!Eq.)!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!R!!!!
(4He+)!=!164!nm!
(3He+)!=!164.007!nm!
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isotope!shift!=!0.007!nm