PHOTON THEORY OF

LIGHT

PREPARED BY:

LEAH MAE P. JADRAQUE

• He thought that the revolution of the Jovian moon
was constant but the variations observed were due
to the changing distance between Earth and Jupiter.

• He concluded that if the radius of Earth’s orbit could

be determined, the speed of light could be
calculated.
SPEED OF LIGHT IN A VACUUM

•299 792 458 meters per second

ALBERT EINSTEIN

• Revive the theory of light interference

• Introduced the photoelectric effect
• Electrons are emitted from a metallic surface when
subjected to an incident light consisting of photons
• He stated that light consists of discrete units of energy
called PHOTONS
• The energy of a photon is directly proportional to the
frequency of vibration
•h=6.63x10^-34 Js (Plank’s constant)

•Light with higher frequency has higher

energy and light with lower frequency has
lower energy.
WAVELENGTH-SPEED-FREQUENCY RELATIONSHIP

•Speed = frequency x wavelength

v=f
• A ray of light is moving in a glass medium. Its
velocity in the medium is found to be 2.8 x 108 m/s.
Find its frequency if its wavelength is 10 meters.