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Why is the saturation current the same, as you vary the frequency of incident light but keep its intensity constant?
If intensity is a measure of the energy of the incident beam, the product of the number of packets of light and the energy of each packet must be constant. So, if you increase the frequency, the energy of each packet must increase but the number of packets must decrease to keep the intensity constant. So, the decrease in the number of packets should correspond to the decrease in the number of electrons being ejected from the emitter plate. If the above discussion talks about taking place in unit time, shouldn't the saturation current decrease with increase in frequency, keeping intensity constant?
Note: Another thread I found on this website hinted at the intensity talked about here is the number of energy packets. But I'm not sure how this is a good way of defining intensity, especially when "comparing and contrasting" this quantized view with that of a classical wave.
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