Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (4th Edition)

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Chapter 38 - Quantization - Exercises and Problems - Page 1114: 11

Answer

The ratio of the red laser's photon emission rate to blue laser's photon emission rate is $~~1.44$

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 ratio of the red laser's photon emission rate to blue laser's photon emission rate: $\frac{R_r}{R_b} = \frac{\frac{P~\lambda_r}{h~c}}{\frac{P~\lambda_b}{h~c}}$ $\frac{R_r}{R_b} = \frac{\lambda_r}{\lambda_b}$ $\frac{R_r}{R_b} = \frac{650~nm}{450~nm}$ $\frac{R_r}{R_b} = 1.44$ The ratio of the red laser's photon emission rate to blue laser's photon emission rate is $~~1.44$
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