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Photoelectric Effect for an entangled pair

Built for researchers prototyping or validating an idea. Prototype fast, reproduce exactly, and share a citable, interactive version of your model. Simulate an entangled pair live below — adjust the inputs and watch it respond, right in your browser.

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Light ejects electrons from a metal only if each photon carries enough energy — no matter how bright a below-threshold beam is. Einstein explained it with KEmax = hf − φ: energy comes in photon packets of hf, and the work function φ is the escape cost. Below the threshold frequency, nothing happens. This won him the Nobel Prize.

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Photon energy3.31 eV
Max KE1.01 eV
Stopping voltage1.01 V
Emissionyes

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Reading this result: Each photon carries 3.31 eV, above the 2.3 eV work function, so electrons escape with up to 1.01 eV — a brighter beam adds more electrons, not more energy per electron.

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