The four laws of photoelectric emission:
- The velocity of electrons emitted is independent of the intensity of light and depends only upon the frequency (or wavelength) of the incident light.
- Photoelectric current (or the number of photoelectrons ejected per second) is proportional to the intensity of incident light.
- For a given metal, there exists a certain minimum frequency below which the emission of electrons stops completely. This frequency is called the threshold frequency.
- Photoelectric emission is an instantaneous process. So, there is no time logging between the incident of light and the emission of electrons.