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PSO201A Tutorial 1 11.01.

2023

1. Calculate the number of electromagnetic modes in the frequency range 


and  + d in 3D. What will be the number in case of 1D and 2D?
2. Obtain Wien’s law and Rayleigh-Jeans law from Planck’s law of black body
radiation in the appropriate limit.
ℎ
3. Derive Planck’s expression for the average energy: ℎ
𝑒 𝑘𝑇 −1
8𝜋ℎ3 1
4. Planck’s law of black body radiation gives 𝑢( ) = ℎ ; find 𝑢(𝜆 )
𝑐3
𝑒 𝑘𝑇 −1
𝑏
𝐴
5. Wien’s formula for the density of black body radiation 𝑢(𝜆 ) = 5
𝑒 − 𝜆𝑇 .
𝜆
Obtain 𝑢( ) . How is b related to 𝜆𝑚𝑎𝑥 ?
6. Calculate the work function of the material from the graph below. Does a
frequency of 6 X 1014 Hz correspond to ultraviolet, visible or infrared?

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