Photoelectric Effect: Einstein's Equation
A monochromatic light is incident on a metallic plate having work function . An electron, emitted normally to the plate from a point A with maximum kinetic energy, enters a constant magnetic field, perpendicular to the initial velocity of electron. The electron passes through a curve and hits back the plate at a point . The distance between and is: (Given: The magnitude of charge of an electron is e and mass is is Planck's constant and c is velocity of light. Take the magnetic field exists throughout the path of electron)
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Answer: (b)
- , momentum .
- Leaving normally with perpendicular, the electron moves on a semicircle of radius and lands back on the plate.
- So the answer is (b).