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Electromagnetic radiation of wavelength lambda = 0.30 mu m falls on a photocell operating in the saturation mode. The corresponding spectra sensitivity of the photocell is J = 4.8mA//W. Find the yield of photoelectrons, i.e. the number of photoelectrons produced by each incident photon.

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Solution :Suppose `N` photons fall on the photocell PER sec. Then the power incident is
`N(2picancelh c)/(LAMBDA)`
This will GIVE rise to a photocurrent of `N(2picancelh c)/(lambda).J`
which means that `N(2picancelh c)/(elambda).J`
electrons have been emitted. THUS the number of photoelectrons produced by each photon is
`w = (2picancelh c)/(elambda) = 0.0198~~0.02`


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