Question
Write the basic features of the photon picture of electromagnetic radiation on which Einstein's photoelectric equation is based.
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Answer
The basic features of the photon picture of e.m. radiation are as follows:
i. Light is composed of discrete packets of energy called quanta or photons.
ii. Each photon carries an energy $E (=h \nu)$ and momentum $p (= h / \lambda)$, which depend on the frequency $\nu$ of the incident radiation and not on its intensity.
iii. During the collision of a photon with an electron, the total energy of the photon gets absorbed by the electron.
iv. Photoelectric emission from the metal surface occurs due to the absorption of a photon by an electron.
i. Light is composed of discrete packets of energy called quanta or photons.
ii. Each photon carries an energy $E (=h \nu)$ and momentum $p (= h / \lambda)$, which depend on the frequency $\nu$ of the incident radiation and not on its intensity.
iii. During the collision of a photon with an electron, the total energy of the photon gets absorbed by the electron.
iv. Photoelectric emission from the metal surface occurs due to the absorption of a photon by an electron.
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