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Photoelectric effect experiment with computer control and data acquisition

  • Yaakov Kraftmakher

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Abstract

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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)941-943
Number of pages3
JournalAmerican Journal of Physics
Volume74
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2006

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