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Thermal Radiation. Quantum Nature of Light.

Problem 5.264

A plane light wave of intensity \(I=0.20 \mathrm{~W} / \mathrm{cm}^{2}\) falls on a plane mirror surface with reflection coefficient \(\rho=0.8 .\) The angle of incidence is \(45^{\circ} .\) In terms of the corpuscular theory find the magnitude of the normal pressure exerted by light on that surface

Reveal Answer
p=(I/c)(1+ρ)cos2θ=0.6nN/cm2p=(I / c)(1+\rho) \cos ^{2} \theta=0.6 \mathrm{nN} / \mathrm{cm}^{2}