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Assignment: Module 3 Subject: Engineering Physics (PH12101) Academic Year (2019-2020)

This document contains a list of 20 physics problems related to lasers and emission of photons. The problems involve calculating relative populations of energy levels, ratios of emission rates, number of photons emitted, laser beam intensities, photon energies, and other laser-related quantities. Key details provided include wavelengths ranging from visible to infrared, temperatures from 100K to 300C, laser powers from 1mW to 10MW, and active elements like sodium, helium-neon, ruby, and carbon dioxide.

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Assignment: Module 3 Subject: Engineering Physics (PH12101) Academic Year (2019-2020)

This document contains a list of 20 physics problems related to lasers and emission of photons. The problems involve calculating relative populations of energy levels, ratios of emission rates, number of photons emitted, laser beam intensities, photon energies, and other laser-related quantities. Key details provided include wavelengths ranging from visible to infrared, temperatures from 100K to 300C, laser powers from 1mW to 10MW, and active elements like sodium, helium-neon, ruby, and carbon dioxide.

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOHY SIKKIM

Ravangla Campus
Barfung Block, Ravangla Sub Division, South Sikkim 737139

Assignment: Module 3
Subject: Engineering Physics (PH12101)
Academic Year (2019-2020)

1. Calculate the relative population of Na atoms in a sodium lamp in the first excited state and in
the ground state at a temperature of 300 C. Assume that  = 590 nm.
2. The relative population of atoms in two energy levels E1 and E2 at temperature 300 K is 10 -20.
Calculate the energy level difference in eV.
3. Determine the ratio of stimulated emission to a spontaneous emission at a temperature of
250C for a material with an emitted radiation of wavelength 600 nm.
4. Calculate the ratio of transition rates of spontaneous emission to stimulated emission for light
of wavelength 10-4 m and cavity temperature 100K and hence determine which type of emission
will dominate.
5. Calculate the ratio of rates of spontaneous emission to stimulated emission for light of
wavelength 10-6 m and cavity temperature 100K and hence determine which type of emission
will dominate.
6. The power output of a He-Ne laser of wavelength 632.8 nm is 4 mW. Calculate the number of
photons emitted per minute during the laser operation.
7. The spectral spread of a laser light 6943Å is 0.0001 Å. Calculate the coherence length and
coherence time?
8. The output power of a given laser is 1mW and the emitted wavelength is 630 nm. Calculate
the number of photons emitted per second. If the area of laser beam is 10 -6 m2, then find the
intensity of laser beam.
9. In a Ruby laser, the total number of Cr +3 ions is 2.81019. If the laser emits radiation of
wavelength 7000Å, then calculate the energy of one emitted photon and total energy available
per pulse.
10. An ultraviolet laser generates a 10 MW, 10.0 ns long pulse at awavelength of 355 nm. How
many photons are there in each pulse?
11. Find the ratio of population of two states in He-Ne laser that produces light of wavelength
6328Å at 27C.
12. At what temperature the rates of spontaneous and stimulated emissions are equal. (Given  =
5000Å).

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13. The wavelength of emission is 6000Å and the coefficient of spontaneous emission is 106/s.
Determine the coefficient of the stimulated emission.
14. Imagine that we chop a continuous laser beam assumed to be perfectly monochromatic  =
632.8 nm into a 0.1 ns pulses using some sort of shutter. Compute the resultant line width and
coherence length.
15. A laser beam can be focused on an area equal to the square of its wavelength (). For a He-
Ne laser = 6328 Å. If the laser radiates energy at a rate of 1mW, find the output intensity of
focused beam.
16. Calculate the coherence length for CO2 laser whose line width is 110-5 nm of IR emission
wavelength of 10.6m.
17. A laser beam has a power of 50 mW. It has an aperature 510-3 m and wavelength 7000 Å. A
beam is focused with a lens of focal length 0.2m. Calculate the areal spread and intensity of the
image.
18. A certain ruby laser emits 1J pulses of light whose wavelength is 6940 Å. What is the
minimum number of Cr3+ ions in the ruby?
19. Find the intensity of a laser beam of 10 mW power having a diameter 1.3 mm. Assume that
intensity is uniform across the beam.
20. A pulsed laser is constructed with a ruby crystal as the active element. The ruby rod contains
typically a total of 31019 Cr3+ ions. If the laser emits light at 6943Å wavelength, find:
(a) the energy of the emitted photon (in eV)
(b)The total energy available per laser pulse (assuming total population inversion)

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