Photoelectric effect experiment with computer control and data acquisition

Yaakov Kraftmakher

doi:10.1119/1.2338551

Photoelectric effect experiment with computer control and data acquisition

Yaakov Kraftmakher

Department of Physics - at Bar-Ilan University

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This note shows how to take reverse currents into account in a vacuum phototube and to measure stopping potentials more reliably with a computer data-acquisition system. The work function of the emitter is determined from the photoemission threshold.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	941-943
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Physics
Volume	74
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2338551
State	Published - Oct 2006

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