Modern Physics
“Photoelectric Effect”
Arranged By:
Ignasius Bagus Asmarianto
Megawaty Elyna Magnolia Kumambong
Rocky Christofel Mose
Tonny Christian Lampus
Department of Physics
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science
Manado State University
2011
PREFACE
The first we thank to God, because only by His blessings we can finish this paper well.
This paper is an assignment of Modern Physics Subject by DR. R. Wenas, Msi. This paper discusses about “Photoelectric Effect”.
We say thanks a lot for everyone who helped us so that this paper has written well.
We hope, this paper can be useful for everyone who read this paper.
The Writers
Table of Content
Preface i
Table Of Content ii
Introductory Understanding 1
Discussion 3
Definition of Photoelectric Effect 3 Characteristic of the Photoelectric Effect 3 Emission Mechanism 5 Experimental Results of the Photoelectric Emission 6 Mathematical Description 7 Experiment of Einstein 7 Stopping Potential 10 Application of Photoelectric Effec 11Conclusion 14
Bibliography 15
