Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 40 - All About Atoms - Problems - Page 1249: 55b

Answer

$5.24\times10^{17}$

Work Step by Step

The pulsed laser emits light at a wavelength of $694.4\;nm$ Therefore, the energy of each photon of the laser is $E_p=\frac{ch}{\lambda}=\frac{3\times10^{8}\times6.63\times10^{-34}}{694.4\times10^{-9}}\;J=2.864\times10^{-19}\;J$ The energy per pulse is $E=0.150\;J$ Therefore, the number of photons emitted in each pulse is $n=\frac{E}{E_p}=\frac{0.150}{2.864\times10^{-19}}=5.24\times10^{17}$
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