Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 38 - Quantization - Exercises and Problems - Page 1152: 13

Answer

$1.51\times 10^{19}~photons~~$ are emitted each second.

Work Step by Step

We can write an expression for the energy of each photon: $E = \frac{h~c}{\lambda}$ We can write an expression for the photon emission rate: $R = \frac{P}{E}$ $R = \frac{P~\lambda}{h~c}$ We can find the number of photons emitted each second: $R = \frac{P~\lambda}{h~c}$ $R = \frac{(5~W)(600\times 10^{-9}~m)}{(6.626\times 10^{-34}~J~s)(3.0\times 10^8~m/s)}$ $R = 1.51\times 10^{19}~photons/s$ $1.51\times 10^{19}~photons~~$ are emitted each second.
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