Abstract
By re-analyzing the photoelectric effect, the limitations of Einstein’s photon hypothesis are identified and the relation between the photoelectron’s kinetic energy and the circular frequency of the incident light is reinterpreted using classical electrodynamics.
© 2005 Optical Society of America
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