// Scilab Code Ex7.4 : Wavelength of photon to break up a Cooper-pair: Page-152 (2010) e = 1.6e-019; // Energy equivalent of 1 eV, J/eV c = 3e+08; // Speed of light in free space, m/s h = 6.626e-034; // Planck's constant, Js E_g = 1.5e-004; // Superconducting energy gap for a material, eV // As E_g = h*f = h*c/lambda, solving for lambda lambda = h*c/(E_g*e); // Wavelength of photon to break up a Cooper-pair, m printf("\nThe wavelength of photon to break up a Cooper-pair = %4.2e m", lambda); // Result // The wavelength of photon to break up a Cooper-pair = 8.28e-003 m