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Problem Set - 10

Physics of Waves - PH11003 (Autumn 2024-25)


QUANTUM MECHANICS

November 2024

1. The photo-current of a photoelectric cell can be suppressed by appli-


cation of a potential of −1 volt to the collecting electrode, when the
monochromatic light striking the emitting electrode has a wavelength
of 600 nm.

(a) What is the work function of the emitting surface?


(b) What is the energy of the most energetic photoelectrons?
(c) What maximum wavelength can the monochromatic illumination
have and produce photo-current in this cell?

2. A photon of energy 1.12 MeV performs a Compton collision on an


electron initially at rest.

(a) Find the wavelength of photon scattered at ϕ = 60o ?


(b) The energy of this scattered photon?
(c) What is the energy of the recoil electron?
(d) What fraction of this electron’s energy is its rest energy?
(e) What is the electron recoil direction θ?

3. A Compton effect experement is performed in such a way that the


scattered photon and the recoiled electron are detected only when their
paths are at right angle (θ + ϕ = 90o ).

(a) Show that under this condition, λ′ = λ


cosϕ

(b) Show that the energy of scattered photon is m0 c2

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(c) Energy of the recoiled electron?
(d) What is the minimum energy of incident photons for this experi-
ment?

4. Show that, in a Compton scattering, the relations between angles defin-


ing the directions of scattered photon (ϕ) and recoiled electron (θ) is
cotθ = (1 + α)tan ϕ2 , where α = mhν
0c
2.

5. Calculate the de Broglie wavelength of electrons of energy 104 eV and


compare it with wavelength of EM wave for which photon has the same
energy.

6. Find the line width and frequency spread for 1 ns pulse from ruby laser
(λ = 630nm).

7. An electron in an excited state has a lifetime of 12 ns; in a second


excited state the lifetime is 23 ns. What is the uncertainty in energy
for a photon emitted when an electron makes a transition between these
two stats?

8. Find Heisenberg uncertainty for (a) Ground state, (b) First excited
state for infinite square well potential.
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9. Find the Heisenberg uncertainty for the wave function exp(− x2a ), where
a is some constant.

10. The wave function of a particle moving in y direction within −b ≤ y ≤ b


is given by ψ(y) = a(b2 − y 2 ), where a is the normalization constant.
Compute the value of uncertainty product ∆y∆py .

11. A particle of mass m is in a state

mx2
ψ(x, t) = Aexp(−a[ + it])
ℏ
where A and a are positive real constants.

(a) Find A.
(b) For what potential energy function V(x) does ψ satisfy the Schrodinger
equation?

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12. At time t = 0 a particle is represented by wave function

x
A a ,
 0≤x≤a
ψ(x, 0) = A b−x b−a
, a≤x≤b

0, otherwise

where A,a and b are constants.

(a) Normalize ψ. (find A in terms of a and b)


(b) Sketch ψ(x, 0) as a function of x.
(c) Where is the particle most likely to be found at t = 0?

13. A particle in the ground state is located in an infinite potential well of


width a. What is the probability of finding the particle in the region
a
3
≤ x ≤ 2a3
.

14. Consider a particle confined within the region 0 ≤ x ≤ a and whose


wavefunction is given by
πx
ψ(x, t) = sin( )exp(−iωt)
a
(a) Find potential V(x).
a
(b) Calculate probability of finding the particle in the interval 4
≤
x ≤ 3a
4

15. An electron is moving freely inside a 1-D infinite potential box with a
wall at x = a and x = b. Find the wavefunction and corresponding
energy eigenvalue of the system.

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