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What is the relation between photoelectric current and frequency of incident light?

I googled it a bit and found that photoelectric current is independent of frequency(of incident light). Some further look revealed that actually "saturation current" is independent of frequency.I ...
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Can entanglement be explained as a consequence of conservation laws?

This article at NewScientist magazine (subscription required) describes entangling photons by passing them through a half silvered mirror. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929282.100-quantum-...
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Why not use this experiment to test gravity's quantum properties?

If a heavy object $X$ is in superposition, let's say, at two places "at the same time", to which point is the gravitational pull of that object directed to? This can probably not be answered without ...
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Do photons have relativistic mass?

I am conducting research on photons and was wondering if they have relativistic mass. I already know that they they have zero rest mass. Any answers are welcome!
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How does photoelectric effect prove that light is also a particle?

I was watching this experiment (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-1zjdUTu0o) which demonstrates the photoelectric effect, but it does not make any sense to me how it proves light as a particle instead ...
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Is a purely classical description of lasers possible?

Laser action is usually described in terms of photons and stimulated emission. In 1972, Borenstein and Lamb published a paper* claiming that lasers can be described classically on the basis of ...
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Does a photon interfere only with itself?

I sometimes hear statements like: Quantum-mechanically, an interference pattern occurs due to quantum interference of the wavefunction of a photon. The wavefunction of a single photon only ...
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How to rebut denials of the existence of photons? [duplicate]

Recently I have encountered several engineers who do not “believe in” photons. They believe experiments such as the photoelectric effect can be explained with classical EM fields + quantized energy ...
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Quantization and wave-particle dualism of light

I'm studying atomic spectras and got puzzled about light-quantization. I'll expose my effort to understand it so far. Blackbody radiation Around the year $1900$ Planck explained blackbody radiation ...
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Photoelectric effect and photons: what suggests a particle nature if we only measure resulting current? [duplicate]

I'm fairly noobish over here, but delving into the details of the major experiments. The particle nature of a photon has me stumped though. So hopefully there is already an explanation to this I have ...
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classical physics and photoelectric effect

Why did classical physics failed to explain the fact that in photoelectric effect, there is a threshold frequency value below which the effect does not occur? I not sure if my answer actually ...
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Can people create single photon in the laboratory?

Can a single photon be created in the laboratory? How do people make sure that they have really created a single photon?
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Which particle aspect is required to explain photoelectric or Compton effect?

What do we mean when we say that it requires the particle nature of radiation i.e., photons, to explain photoelectric or Compton effect? I don't understand which particle nature is used to explain ...
While I was thinking what exactly meant by energy in quantum mechanics, I was quite shocked by the fact that it is proportional to frequency. $$E=hf$$ Given the fundamental definition of energy in ...