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Assignment On LASER (PH:102) : All The Problems Are From "Optics - Ajoy Ghatak"

This document contains a 15-problem physics assignment on lasers and coherence from Prof. P.N. Vishwakarma at NIT-Rourkela. The problems cover topics such as calculating laser linewidths, coherence lengths, and frequency stability from source properties. They also involve calculations related to cavity lifetimes, mode spacings, and transmission resonances for different laser systems including He-Ne, sodium, and CO2 lasers.

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Assignment On LASER (PH:102) : All The Problems Are From "Optics - Ajoy Ghatak"

This document contains a 15-problem physics assignment on lasers and coherence from Prof. P.N. Vishwakarma at NIT-Rourkela. The problems cover topics such as calculating laser linewidths, coherence lengths, and frequency stability from source properties. They also involve calculations related to cavity lifetimes, mode spacings, and transmission resonances for different laser systems including He-Ne, sodium, and CO2 lasers.

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Course Instructor: Prof. P.N.Vishwakarma, Dept.

of Physics, NIT-Rourkela

Assignment on LASER (PH:102)
ALL THE PROBLEMS ARE FROM OPTICS AJOY GHATAK

CHAPTER 17 Coherence

1. The orange Krypton line ( = 6058 ) has a coherence length of ~20 cm. Calculate the
line width and the frequency stability. [ Ans. ~ 0.018 , ~ 3 10
6
]

2. Laser linewidths as low as 20Hz have been obtained. Calculate the coherence length and
the frequency stability. Assume = 6328 .

3. It can be shown that for good coherence (i.e. for a visibility of 0.88 or better), the
coherence width should be _ 0.3/0. Assuming that the angular diameter of the sun is
about 30', calculate the distance between two pinholes which would produce a clear
interference pattern. [ Ans. ~ 0.02 mm]

4. Calculate the distance at which a source of diameter 1 mm should be kept from
a screen so that two points separated by a distance of 0.5 mm may be said to be
coherent. Assume = 610
5
cm.

5. In a Michelson interferometer experiment, it is found that for a source S, as one of the
mirrors is moved away from the equal path length position by a distance of about 5 cm,
the fringes disappear. What is the coherence time of the radiation emerging from the
source?

6. If we perform the Youngs double-hole experiment using white light, then only a few
coloured fringes are visible. Assuming that the visible spectrum extends from 4000 to
7000 , explain this phenomenon qualitatively on the basis of coherence length.

7. Using the stellar interferometer, Michelson observed for the star Betelgeuse, that the
fringes disappear when the distance between the movable mirrors is 25 inches.
Assuming > 610
5
cm, calculate the angular diameter of the star.

8. Consider Youngs double-hole experiment as shown in Fig. 17.2. The distance SS
1
- 1 m
and S
1
S
2
- 0.5mm. Calculate the angular diameter of the hole S which will
produce a good interference pattern on the screen. Assume = 6000 .



Course Instructor: Prof. P.N.Vishwakarma, Dept. of Physics, NIT-Rourkela


CHAPTER 26 LASER: An Introduction

9. For the 2P 1S transition in the hydrogen atom calculate e. Assuming the
spontaneous emission lifetime of the 2P state to be 1.6 ns, calculate the Einstein B
coefficient. Assume n
0
-1. [Ans: e - 1.510
16
Hz, B
21
- 4.110
20
m
3
J
1
s
2
]

10. (a) Consider a He-Ne laser with cavity life time t
c
- 510
8
s. If R
1
= 1.0 and R
2
= 0.98,
calculate the cavity length d; assume n
0
- 1.
(b) Calculate Av
p
and compare with the longitudinal mode spacing ov.
[Ans: (a) d - 15 cm (b) Av
p
- 3.2 MHz; ov - 1 GHz]
11. In a typical He-Ne laser ( = 6328 ) we have d - 20 cm, R
1
- R
2
- 0.98, u
c
- 0,
t
sp
-10
7
s, Av
D
- 1.3 10
9
Hz and n
0
= 1. Calculate t
c
and (N
2
N
1
)
th
.
[Ans: 33 ns; 8.8 10
8
cm
3
]
12. Consider the D
1
line of Na ( - 5890 )
(a) The spontaneous emission lifetime t
sp
- 16 ns. Calculate Av
N
and A
N
.
(b) Assume T = 500K. Calculate Av
D
and A
D
. (k
B
- 1.38 10
23
J/K; M
Na
- 23M
H
;
M
H
- 1.67 10
27
kg).
[Ans: A
N
- 10
4
; A
D
- 0.02 ]
13. In a CO
2
laser (
0
- 10.6 m), the laser transition occurs between the vibrational
states of the CO
2
molecule. At T - 300 K, calculate the Doppler linewidth Av
D
and A
D

[M
CO2
- 44 M
H
].
[Ans: Av
D
- 53 MHz; A
D
- 0.2 ]
14. Consider a light beam of all frequencies lying between v = v
0
= 5.0 10
14
Hz to v =
5.00002 10
14
Hz incident normally on a resonator (see Fig. 26.23) with R =
0.95, n
0
= 1 and d = 25 cm. Calculate the frequencies (in the above frequency
range) and the corresponding mode number which will correspond to transmission
resonances.
[Ans: v = v
0
+ 400 MHz (m = 833,334), v
0
+ 1000 MHz (m = 833,335) and v
0
+
1600 MHz (m = 833,336)]
15. Consider a He-Ne laser (
0
= 0.6328 m) with d = 30 cm, n
0
- 1, R
1
- 1, R
2
- 0.99.
Calculate the passive cavity linewidth Av
p
and the passive cavity life time t
c
.
You may assume u
c
- 0.
[Ans: 0.8 MHz, 0.2 s]

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