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Isitpossibletoincreasethefrequencyofasingle
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Lightandanyformofelectromagneticradiation,suchasradiowaves,arereallyphotons.
Aphotonisthesmallestpossiblequantumoflight.Ingeneralwhenyouturnupthe
intensityoflightyouareincreasingthenumberofphotonspersecondthatareemittedby
thelightsource.Thereforetheintensityofthelightcanindeedbechangedindependently
ofthefrequency(orcolor)ofthelight.Soyoucanhavehighintensity(lotsofphotons),
lowfrequencylightorlowintensity(fewphotons),highfrequencylighttheyare
independentvariable.

Consideratshirtwhenwaterispoureduponit,the
colorofthetshirtincreasesit'sintensity.Whatisthe
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However,onewayofmeasuringtheintensityofalightwouldbetomeasuretheenergyof
thelight.Nowitturnsoutthattheenergyinagivenphotonisproportionaltothe
frequencyofthephoton.Inparticulartheequationis:

Inintroductoryphysics,whyisitwrongthat
increasingthefrequencyofincidentlightincreases
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E = h

Ifwewanttoincreasethenumberofejectedelectrons
inaphotoelectriceffectoflight,whatshouldwedo?

WhereE istheenergy,hisPlanck'sconstantand isthefrequencyofthephoton.Sothis

isonewayinwhichyoucouldsaythattheintensitydoesincreasewithfrequency.Ifyou
havetwolightbeamsatdifferentfrequenciesbutwiththesamenumberofphotonsper
second,thehigherfrequencylightwillhavemoreenergyinit'slightbeam.
Inparticularifyouaretryingtomakeveryweakbeamsoflight,theleastyoucandoisto
haveonlyasinglephotonoflight.Inthatcaseifyoucomparetwosinglephotons,the
higherfrequencyphotonwillhavemoreenergyandthusbemore"intense"thanthelower
frequencyphoton.

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