WASSCE Physics · Modern Physics & Electronics
Photoelectric Effect and Wave-Particle Duality
The photoelectric effect, Einstein's photon theory, and the dual nature of light.
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2 lessons · 13 min
- 1The photoelectric effect and Einstein's equation7 minFree7 minFree
- 2Wave-particle duality, de Broglie waves and photocells6 min Plan6 min Plan
- Wave–particle duality of light
- Matter waves: de Broglie's hypothesis
- Applications of the photoelectric effect
- Electron microscopes
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