Engineering
Physics
de Broglie Hypothesis and Dual Nature
Question

An electron of mass m and magnitude of charge |e| initially at rest gets accelerated by a constant electric field E. The rate of change of de-Broglie wavelength of this electron at time t ignoring relativistic effects is :

−h|e|Et

−h|e|Et2

−h|e|Et

|e|Eth

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Solution

λD=hmv

∴ v = at

v=eEmt(a=eEm)

λD=hm(eEm)t

λD=heEt

dλDdt=h|e|Et2