Dual Nature Of Radiation Flashcards
Plancks equation
E=nhf
Einstein and light
Particle and wave
Photoelectric effect
Compton effect
Light has momentum
A disturbance or change that propagates through the available space or medium
Wave
Transverse waves
Oscillation perpendicular to the direction of propagation
- oscillation-up or down
- propagation-horizontal
Example: stone dropped into a pond
The Doppler shift
A stationary point srouce emitting spherical waves
A point source moving to the right while emitting spherical waves
The wavelength in front of the point source is shifted to a shorter wavelength (a blue shift), while the wavelgnth behind the point source are shifted to a longer wavelength (a red shift)
A point source moving to the right while emitting spherical waves: the distance between the wavefronts (the wavelgnth) of the emitting light
Is shorter to the right or in front of the moving point source
- therefore an observer looking at the source, the incident light shifted is shifted toward a shorter wavelgnth (a blue shift) when the source is traveling (quite fast) toward the observer
- the distance between the wavefronts behind (to the left of) the moving point source is longer
- therefore an observer looking at the srouce, the light shifted toward a longer wavelgnth (a red shift) when the source is traveling (quite fast) away from the observer. This is call them Doppler shift.
The Doppler shift in radar waves
Used in the speed of detection of cars, trucks, and even clouds
The Doppler shift of laser light has been used to measure the velocity of blood cells flowing through retinal blood vessles
Blackbody radiation
-a material that absorbs most of the incident light
-according to the law of conservation (for the incident light)
The absorptance + the reflectance + the transmittance=1
Ideal black body
- the electromagnetic radiation from a hot object is called thermal radiation
- the pectoral distribution of therma radiation is largely a function of the temp of the source
- to understand the emission properties of blackbody, consider a ball suspended by an insulated string in a closed cavity
- when the cavity is heated to a certain temp, the walls emit electromagnetic radiation. This radiation is incident on the suspended ball, which in turn absorbs and re-radiates
Kirchhoff’s law
Shows the amount of emittance is directly proportional to the absorptance A
E1/A1=E2/A2
E-the radiation emitted by the ball
A1=absorptance of the ball
A ball that doe not absorb much (small A) also does not emit much (small E). A ball that absorbs a lot (large A) also emits a lot (Large E)
In an absorbing material, a cavity with a small opening approaches an ideal blackbody. When light is incident on the hole, it passes into the cavity and reflects back and forth from the interior cavity walls until it is absorbed.
Very little light comes back out of the small opening. Hence, the opening appears to be an ideal black spot
-the pupil of your eye appears black for similar reasons
Blackbody radiator
Thermal radiation
Heat the blackbody
When it is 2000K=red
When it is increased, gets brighter, but then you realize that its not red anymore, it’s orange.
When you increase it to even more orange, it looks more blue and brighter.
Blackbody radiator and colro temprerature
-when you heat the metal more, the energy increases and you see a shift, it moves towards blue and shorter wavelgnth (higher Frequnciy when it gets hotter)
Where does blackbody radiator look mroe blue
9000-10000K
Sun spectrum, in blackbody spectrum
5,800K
Candle in black body radiation
1,800K