Month: April 2011

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Working of Ruby laser

In the last article, I have discussed construction of ruby laser. In this article, I will discuss working of ruby laser. Ruby is a three

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Construction of Ruby laser

The first laser to be operated successfully was ruby laser. First demonstration of laser action using ruby crystal was given by T.H. Maiman in 1960.

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Four level laser

In the four level laser system, the atoms from ground state E1 are raised to excited state E4 with the help of pumping. From the

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Three level lasers

In the three level laser system, the atoms are pumped from the ground state E1 to higher state E3 with the help of pumping source.

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temporal and spatial coherence

Coherence can be classified into two ways: a) temporal coherence: consider a light wave traveling along +X axis. Consider two different points A and B

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laser coherence

When a laser beam is emitted from a source, there may be phase difference between the beams at different points that is it may be

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