Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) is a laser-based surgical procedure that corrects near- and farsightedness by removing part of the lens of the eye to change its curvature and hence focal length. This procedure can remove layers 0.25 mm thick using pulses lasting 12.0 ns from a laser beam of wavelength 193 nm. Low-intensity beams can be used because each individual photon has enough energy to break the covalent bonds of the tissue. (a) In what part of the electromagnetic spectrum does this light lie? (b) What is the energy of a single photon? (c) If a 1.50 mW beam is used, how many photons are delivered to the lens in each pulse?
Particle Theory of Light
The particle theory of light was the proposal made by Newton in 1704 in his treatise Opticks. This is the most basic light theory, in which light is thought to be made up of microscopic particles known as "corpuscles" and that's why this particle theory of light is also named as Corpuscular theory of light.
Stopping Potential
In an experiment conducted by Heinrich Hertz, an apparatus was made where the incident light was made to fall on the metallic plate, it was discovered that metals emit electrons. The surface electrons are bound to metals with a minimum amount of energy and some of the incident photos enter the surface, they undergo collision with the atoms of the metal, they get absorbed and emit energy to an election, making it photoelectron, where the collision between the photons and electrons ejects the electrons out of the metal and with a negatively charged electron, causes photocurrent and when this current passes it creates an electric field where there is a potential difference at the output due to the anode and cathode of the electrode of the apparatus. This study involves the theory of Quantum physics and electromagnetism involving electromagnetic radiation and electromagnetic wave theory.
Quantization of Charges
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Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) is a
laser-based surgical procedure that corrects near- and farsightedness by removing
part of the lens of the eye to change its curvature and hence focal
length. This procedure can remove layers 0.25 mm thick using pulses
lasting 12.0 ns from a laser beam of wavelength 193 nm. Low-intensity
beams can be used because each individual photon has enough energy to
break the covalent bonds of the tissue. (a) In what part of the
spectrum does this light lie? (b) What is the energy of a single photon?
(c) If a 1.50 mW beam is used, how many photons are delivered to
the lens in each pulse?
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