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11.4 Experimental Study of Photoelectric Effect 11.7 Particle Nature of Light : The Photon
11.5 Photoelectric Effect and Wave Theory of 11.8 Wave Nature of Matter
Light 11.9 Davisson and Germer Experiment
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Topic
8 Maximum weightage is of Experimental study of 8 Maximum SA II type questions were asked from
Photoelectric Effect Experimental study of Photoelectric Effect
8 Maximum VSA type questions were asked from 8 No VBQ type questions were asked till now
Wave Nature of Matter
KEY POINTS
8 Electron emission : The phenomenon of denoted by f0 or W0 and measured in electron
emission of electrons from the surface of a volt (eV).
metal. The minimum energy needed by an hc
Work function =W h= u0
electron to come out from a metal surface is l0
known as “work function” of the metal. It is
The electron emission can be obtained from the becomes zero is known as stopping potential or
following physical processes : cut off potential. It is denoted by V0. If e is the
X Thermionic emission : It is the phenomenon charge on the photoelectron, then
of emission of electrons from the metal surface 1 2
when heated suitably. = eV
K max = 0 mv
2 max
X Photoelectric emission : It is the phenomenon where m is the mass of photoelectron and
of emission of electrons from the surface vmax is the maximum velocity of emitted
of metal when light radiations of suitable photoelectrons.
frequency fall on it. – Variation of stopping potential V0 with
X Field emission or cold cathode emission : It is frequency u of incident radiation :
the phenomenon of emission of electrons from
the surface of a metal under the application of a
strong electric field.
8 Photoelectric effect : It is the phenomenon of
emission of electrons from the surface of metals,
when light radiations of suitable frequency fall
on them.
X Laws of photoelectric emission : The laws of
photoelectric effect are as follows : – Variation of photocurrent with collector
– For a given metal and frequency of incident plate potential for different intensity of
radiation, the number of photoelectrons incident radiation :
ejected per second is directly proportional
to the intensity of the incident light.
– For a given metal, there exists a certain Photocurrent I3 > I 2 > I 1
minimum frequency of the incident I3
I2
radiation below which no emission of I1
photoelectrons takes place. This frequency Stopping Saturation
potential current
is known as threshold frequency.
– Above the threshold frequency, the –V0 O
maximum kinetic energy of the emitted Retarding Collector plate
photoelectron is independent of the potential potential
intensity of incident light but depends only – Variation of photocurrent with collector
upon the frequency (or wavelength) of the plate potential for different frequencies of
incident light. incident radiation :
– The photoelectric emission is an
instantaneous process. The time lag between
the incidence of radiation and emission
of photoelectrons is very small, less than
10–9 second.
X Photoelectric current :
Photoelectric current
Photoelectric