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This document contains 16 questions about laser properties and calculations related to laser operation. Some key topics covered include: 1) Calculating ratios of stimulated to spontaneous emission at different temperatures and wavelengths. 2) Calculating population ratios and emission wavelengths between energy levels. 3) Calculating the energy difference and photon emission rate between energy levels for specific laser transitions. 4) Determining temperatures and wavelengths where stimulated and spontaneous emission are equal. 5) Calculating laser beam properties like spot size, intensity, and mode separation given various parameters.

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Laser

This document contains 16 questions about laser properties and calculations related to laser operation. Some key topics covered include: 1) Calculating ratios of stimulated to spontaneous emission at different temperatures and wavelengths. 2) Calculating population ratios and emission wavelengths between energy levels. 3) Calculating the energy difference and photon emission rate between energy levels for specific laser transitions. 4) Determining temperatures and wavelengths where stimulated and spontaneous emission are equal. 5) Calculating laser beam properties like spot size, intensity, and mode separation given various parameters.

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LASER

1. What is the ratio of the stimulated emission to spontaneous emission at a temperature of 2500C for sodium D2 line? 2. Calculate the ratio of spontaneous emission to stimulated emission if the wavelength of the radiation is 550nm at 2000K. Given h= 6.6 x 10-34 Js. k= 1.38 x 10-26 SI unit? 3. The ratio of population of two energy levels out of which upper one corresponds to metastable state is 1.059 x 10-30. Calculate the wavelength of light emitted at 330K. 4. Calculate the energy difference in eV between two energy levels of Ne atom of He- Ne gas laser, the transition between which results in the emission of light of = 632.8 nm. Also calculate the number of photons emitted / second if optical power output is 1mW. 5. At what temperature are the ratio of spontaneous and stimulated emission equal (take = 500 nm)? At what wavelength are they equal at room temperature? (T =300K)? 6. An atom has two energy levels with a transition wavelength of = 694.3 nm. Assuming that all the atoms in an assembly are in one or other of these levels, calculate the percentage of the atoms in the upper level at room temperature ( T = 300K) and at ( T = 500K). 7. Calculate the electric field of a laser beam of wavelength 630 nm, power 1mW and cross section 3mm2. (Hint : ).

8. The ratio of population of two energy states is . Determine the temperature if the lasing wavelength is = 600 nm. 9. What is the ratio of population for energy levels corresponding to 1060nm at 300K? 10. In a He- Ne laser beam, the two plane mirrors forms the resonant cavity are at a distance 0.5m. Find the mode separation of longitudinal cavity in terms of frequency. 11. Calculate the energy difference in eV between two energy levels of Ne atoms of He- Ne gas laser, the transition between which results in the emission of light of wavelength 632.8 nm. Also calculate the number of photons emitted/s if optical power output is 1mW. 12. Calculate the threshold power for an Nd- glass laser, given that the critical population inversion is 9 x 1021 m3 , the spontaneous life time is 300s and that the upper laser level is at energy of 1.4eV. 13. A laser beam of wavelength 6000 is focused by a lens of diameter 2m on to the moon. If the distance of moon from earth is how big is the spot on the moon. 14. A laser beam of 50mW has a wavelength the 7200 and aperture 5mm. The beam is focussed using lens of focal length 10cms. Calculate the area and intensity of image. 15. Imagine that we chope a continuous laser beam of = 623.8 nm into 1ns pulses using a shutter calculate coherence length, line width and band width. 16. The coherence length for sodium D2 line ( = 588.9 nm) is 2.5cm. Deduce a. The coherence time . b. Spectral width of the line. c. Purity factor Q

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