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Sun gives light at the rate of 1400 Wm-2 of the area perpendicular to the direction of the light. Assume λ(sunlight)=6000 A°. Calculate the number of protons/sec arriving at 1 m2 area at that part of the earth.

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Important Questions on Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

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If a semiconductor photo diode can detect a photon with a maximum wavelength of 400 nm, then its band gap energy is: Planck's constant h=6.63×10-34 J s 
Speed of light c=3×108 m s-1.
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Two particles move at right angle to each other. Their de Broglie wavelengths are λ1 and λ2 respectively. The particles suffer perfectly inelastic collision. The de Broglie wavelength λ of the final particle, is given by:
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A 2 mW laser operates at a wavelength of  500 nm . The number of photons that will be emitted per second is:
[Given Planck's constant h=6.6×10-34 J s, speed of light  c=3.0×108 m/s ]
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A photodiode sensor is used to measure the output of a 300 W lamp kept 10 m away The sensor has an opening of 2 cm in diameter. How many photons enter the sensor if the wavelength of the light is 660 nm and the exposure time is 100 m s. (Assume that all the energy of the lamp is given off as light and h=6.6×10-34 J s )
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A 160 W light source is radiating light of wavelength 6200 A° uniformly in all directions. The photon flux at a distance of 1.8 m is of the order of (Planck's constant=6.63×10-34 J s,
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A light beam of intensity 20 W cm-2 is incident normally on a perfectly reflecting surface of sides 25 cm×15 cm. The momentum imparted to the surface by the light per second is
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Light is incident normally on a completely absorbing surface with an energy flux of  25 W cm-2 . If the surface has an area of  25 cm2 , the momentum transferred to the surface in 40min time duration will be:
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The wavelength of 1 keV photon is 1.24×10-9 m. What is the frequency of 1 MeV photon?
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A 160 W infrared source is radiating light of wave length 50000 A° uniformly in all directions. The photon flux at a distance of 1.8 m is the order of
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A 1.5 kW (kilo-watt) laser beam of wavelength 6400 A is used to levitate a thin aluminium disk of same area as the cross-section of the beam. The laser light is reflected by the aluminium disk without any absorption. The mass of the foil is close to,
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To excite the spectral line of wavelength 4960 A of an atom, an excitation energy of 7.7 eV is required. The ground state energy of the atom is 10.5 eV. The energies of two levels involved in the emission of 4960 A line are (Assume, hc=1240 eV nm, where h is Planck's constant and c is speed of light)
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Some energy levels of a molecule are shown in the figure. The ratio of the wavelengths r=λ1λ2, is given by:

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A monochromatic source of radiation is operating at 100 W power. The source emits 2×1020 photons per second. The wavelength of light will be h=6.67×10-34 J s
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Two sources of light emit X-rays of wavelength 1 nm and visible light of wavelength 500 nm, respectively. Both the sources emit light of the same power 200 W. The ratio of the number density of photons of X-rays to the number density of photons of the visible light of the given wavelengths is:
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A potassium chloride crystal has an energy band gap of 6 eV. What wavelength of light for which the crystal is completely transparent? (Assume hc=1242 eV mm)
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The momentum of a photon is 2.5×10-29 kg m s-1. Its frequency will be
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The number of photons falling per second on a completely darkened plate to produce a force of 6.62×10-5 N is n. If the wavelength of the light falling is 5×10-7 m, then n=×1022.h=6.62×10-34 J-s
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A pulse of light of duration 100 ns is absorbed completely by a small object initially at rest. Power of the pulse is 30 mW and the speed of light is 3×108 m s-1. The final momentum of the object is
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An electron and a photon have the same wavelength of 10-9 m. If E is the energy of the photon and p is the momentum of the electron, the magnitude of Ep in S.I. units is,