A circuit employs a silicon solar cell to detect flashes of light lasting (0.25 mathrm{~s}). The smallest

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A circuit employs a silicon solar cell to detect flashes of light lasting \(0.25 \mathrm{~s}\). The smallest current the circuit can detect reliably is \(0.42 \mu \mathrm{A}\). Assuming that all photons reaching the solar cell give their energy to a charge carrier, what is the minimum power of a flash of light of wavelength \(550 \mathrm{~nm}\) that can be detected?

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College Physics A Strategic Approach

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Authors: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones, Stuart Field

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