Which of the following characteristics of visible light radiation is not associated with what we perceive...
a) If you wanted to use visible light to image something, what is a reasonable estimate for your resolution? b) What is the frequency that corresponds to this wavelength? The human visual system has a “frame rate” on the order of 100 Hz. Does it make sense that we perceive the intensity of emitted by a laser as constant in time? c) Suppose you wanted to detect details around the size of an atom (10-10 m). What frequency and type...
Quantized and total photon energy The particle characteristics of electromagnetic radiation are responsible for the quantized behavior of light energy. This behavior explains the results of varying the intensity and wavelength for an observed photoelectric effect, which describes the emission of electrons when light shines on a metal surface. If light only exhibited a purely wavelike behavior, then either increasing the intensity or decreasing the wavelength would both increase the rate at which electron are emitted. However, monochromatic light of...