In photoelectric effect experiment, the graph of stopping potential V versus reciprocal of wavelength obtained is shown in the figure. As the intensity of incident radiation is increased:
(A)Slope of the straight line get more steep
(B)Straight line shifts to left
(C)Straight line shifts to right
(D)Graph does not change✓ Correct
Answer: (D)
Solution
Einstein's relation eVs=λhc−ϕ shows that the plot of stopping potential against λ1 is a straight line of slope ehc with an intercept fixed by the work function, both set purely by the metal and by fundamental constants. Raising the intensity increases the number of photons but not the energy carried by each, so neither the slope nor the intercept changes and the graph stays exactly as it is.
JEE Main · 2020 · 04 Sep 2020 · Shift 2 · Single correct option