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    The document contains 19 physics problems related to photon and electron energies, wavelengths, quantum wells, blackbody radiation, photoelectric effect, and electrical circuits. The problems can be solved using formulas for kinetic energy, photon energy, wavelength, quantum well energies, work function, voltage, current, power, and estimating photon flux from a light bulb.

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    The document contains 19 physics problems related to photon and electron energies, wavelengths, quantum wells, blackbody radiation, photoelectric effect, and electrical circuits. The problems can be solved using formulas for kinetic energy, photon energy, wavelength, quantum well energies, work function, voltage, current, power, and estimating photon flux from a light bulb.

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    Problems (Assignment 2)

    1. Calculate the wavelength of a photon with a photon energy of 2 eV. Also,


    calculate the wavelength of an electron with a kinetic energy of 2 eV.

    2. Consider a beam of light with a power of 1 Watt and a wavelength of 800 nm.
    Calculate a) the photon energy of the photons in the beam, b) the frequency of
    the light wave and c) the number of photons provided by the beam in one
    second.

    3. Calculate the peak wavelength of blackbody radiation emitted from a human


    body at a temperature of 37°C.

    4. What is the width of an infinite quantum well if the second lowest energy of a
    free electron confined to the well equals 100 meV?

    5. Calculate the three lowest possible energies of an electron in a hydrogen atom


    in units of electron volt. Identify all possible electron energies between the
    lowest energy and -2 eV.

    6. Find the lowest possible energy in a 2 nm quantum well with infinitely high
    barriers on each side of the well and with a delta function potential positioned
    in the middle of the quantum well. The integral of the delta function potential
    equals 10-10 eV-m. Assume that the electron mass equals the free electron
    mass (m0 = 9.1 x 10-31 kg).

    7. Molybdenum has a work function of 4.2 eV. Find the cutoff frequency and
    cutoff wavelength for the photoelectric effect.

    8. What is the deBroglie wavelength of an electron after being accelerated


    through a potential difference of 25 kV in a television set?

    9. What are the properties of photons?

    10. Define the following terms: Rydberg, Fermi function, thermal equilibrium and
    Electronic configuration of the elements.

    11. What is the energy of a photon of blue light (λ = 450 nm) and of a photon of
    red light (λ = 700 nm) in units of eV?

    12. Find by expression, how does it deBroglie wavelength change, If you double
    the speed of a particle?

    13. Light of wavelength 500 nm is incident on sodium with a work function of


    2.28 eV. What is the maximum kinetic energy of the ejected photoelectron?

    14. What is the energy in electron-volts that is consumed in an electrical circuit


    with voltage supply of 20 volts and charge flow of 40 electron charges?
    15. What is the voltage supply in volts of an electrical circuit with energy
    consumption of 800 electron-volts and charge flow of 40 electron charges?

    16. What is the energy in joules that is consumed in an electrical circuit with
    voltage supply of 15V and charge flow of 4 coulombs?

    17. What is the power consumption of an electrical circuit that has energy
    consumption of 90 joules for time duration of 3 seconds?

    18. What is the power consumption in KW of an electrical circuit that has energy
    consumption of 90 joules for time duration of 3 seconds?

    19. A 100-W incandescent light bulb uses 100 W (100 W = 100 J/s) of electrical
    power but only radiates about 15 W of actual visible light. Roughly how
    many visible photons per second hit the open pages of a typical hardcover
    book if the pages are about 2 m from the bulb and face it directly?

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