The Photoelectric Effect University of Oxford（光电效应的牛津大学）.pdfVIP

The Photoelectric Effect If the conditions are right, a beam of light can knock electrons out of the surface of a metal. When the effect was first discovered, one of the most striking things about it was that it could not be explained by the classical theory of electromagnetism, the only available theory of light at the time. Firstly, we will define a few terms. The electrons emitted from the surface are called photoelectrons . If the frequency of the light is swept, we find that there is a minimum frequency ν0 below