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Components of Laser - Engineering Physics Class

There are three main components of a laser: 1) An active medium that determines the wavelength, such as a solid, liquid, gas, or semiconductor, that contains atoms which can emit more stimulated than spontaneous emission. 2) An energy source such as optical, electrical, or chemical pumping to excite the active centers. 3) A resonance cavity formed by two mirrors, one fully reflective and one partially transmissive, that encloses the active medium.

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Components of Laser - Engineering Physics Class

There are three main components of a laser: 1) An active medium that determines the wavelength, such as a solid, liquid, gas, or semiconductor, that contains atoms which can emit more stimulated than spontaneous emission. 2) An energy source such as optical, electrical, or chemical pumping to excite the active centers. 3) A resonance cavity formed by two mirrors, one fully reflective and one partially transmissive, that encloses the active medium.

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12/26/2019 Components of laser - Engineering Physics Class

Class Attendance Engineering Physics by Dr. Amita Maurya, Peoples University, Bhopal. > Unit-I >
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MST-I (05-07 Nov 2015)
Components of Lasers
Dr.(Prof.) Amita Mourya 1. Active Medium :It is the material in which the laser action takes
Contact place. The active medium may be solid crystals such as ruby or
Nd:YAG, liquid dyes, gases like CO2 or Helium / Neon, or
semiconductors such as GaAs. This medium decides the wavelength of
laser radiation. Active mediums contain atoms which can produce more
stimulated emission than spontaneous emission and cause amplification
they are called “Active Centers”.

2. Energy Source (Excitation Mechanism): Energy Source


(Excitation mechanisms) pumps the active centers from ground state to
excited state to achieve population inversion. The pumping by energy
source can be optical, electrical or chemical depending on the active
medium.

3. Resonance Cavity: Resonance cavity consists of active medium


enclosed between two mirrors one is highly reflective mirror (100%
reflective) and the other is partially transmissive mirror (99%
reflective).

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