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A laser emits a single 3.0-ms pulse of light that has a frequency of 2.83E11 Hz and a total power of 65000 W. How many photons are in the pu
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A laser emits a single 3.0-ms pulse of light that has a frequency of 2.83E11 Hz and a total power of 65000 W. How many photons are in the pulse? Please provide all equations and work.
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Answer:
The number of photons in the pulse is 1.04 x 10²⁴
Explanation:
Given;
frequency of the emitted photons, f = 2.83 x 10¹¹ Hz
duration of the incident light, t = 3 ms = 3 x 10⁻³ s
power of the incident light, P = 65,000 W
The energy of each photon emitted is calculated as;
E = hf
where;
h is Planck’s constant, = 6.626 x 10⁻³⁴ Js
E = 6.626 x 10⁻³⁴ x 2.83 x 10¹¹
E = 1.875 x 10⁻²² J
let the number of photons in the pulse = n
n(E)= Power x time