Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 30 - Quantum Physics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1074: 36

Answer

$61photons/s$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required number of photons per second as $n=\frac{I(\pi R^2)}{hf}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $n=\frac{(5.0\times 10^{-13})(3.14)(4.25\times 10^{-3})^2}{(6.63\times 10^{-34})(7.0\times 10^{14})}$ $n=61photons/s$
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