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Jonathan Dowling
Fiber optic cables are clad in low n material so that light will experience total
internal reflectance and not escape from the optical fiber.
Example: Diamond in air
What is the critical angle c for light passing from diamond (n1 =
2.41) into air (n2 = 1)?
n2 n2
sin 1 sin c sin(90)
n1 n1
Substitution gives
1
sin c c 24.5
2.41
Huygens’ Principle
Every point on a propagating wavefront serves as the source of
spherical wavelets, such that the wavelets at sometime later is the
envelope of these wavelets.
If a propagating wave has a particular frequency and speed, the
secondary wavelets have that same frequency and speed.
“Isotropic”
Diffraction
Constructive Destructive
Interference Interference
Conditions for Interference
S2 m 2 r1 r2 m
m 1
d m0 sin
m 1
d
S1 m 2 dsin m
maxima
1
s r1 r2 m
r2 2
S2
y
d 1
S1 r1 d sin m
s a 2
r1 r2
Resulting Interference Pattern
If R d r2 r1 d sin
y R tan R sin if is small
d sin = r2- r1
S1
Q Intensity
d
r2
S2
y
r1
P
R
Constructive interference: bright fringes
r2 r1 d sin m m
ym R sin m R m , m 0,1,2,
d
Destructive interference: dark fringes
1
r2 r1 d sin m
2
1
ym R sin m R m , m 0,1,2,
2d
Example 35-1:
In a two slit interference experiment, the slits are 0.20 mm apart, and the screen at a
distance of 1.0 m. The third bright fringe (not counting the central bright fringe) is
displaced by 7.5 mm. Find the wavelength of light used.
ym d
ym R m
d Rm
7.5 103 0.2 103 9
500 10 m 500nm
1.0 3
Another possibility: m= -3 ym= -7.5 mm
Bright fringes:
ym R m ym ( 486nm) ym1 ( 567nm)
d
486 109 567 109
Rm R (m 1)
d d
m(486 109 ) (m 1)(567 109 )
567 109
m 9
7
(567 486) 10
7 1.5 486 109 3
ym R m 3
5.103 10 m 5.103mm
1.0 10
Light Interactions with Solids
• Incident light is reflected, absorbed, scattered, and/or
transmitted: I0 IT IA IR IS
Reflected: IR Absorbed: IA
Transmitted: IT
Incident: I0
Scattered: IS
IT I 0e
= absorption coefficient, cm-1
= sample thickness, cm
I 0 = incident light intensity
IT = transmitted light intensity
Rearranging and taking the natural log of both sides of the equation leads to
IT
ln
I 0
Diffraction Grating
A diffraction grating consists of a large number of equally spaced
narrow slits or lines. A transmission grating has slits, while a reflection
grating has lines that reflect light.
The more lines or slits there are, the narrower the peaks.
Diffraction Grating
The maxima of the diffraction pattern are defined
by
Polarization
UV light
electrode electrode
– LASER
• Light
• Amplification by
• Stimulated
• Emission of
• Radiation
Pumping action:
Electric discharge is passed through the gas
Electrons are accelerated, collide with He and He atoms and excite them
to higher energy levels
He-Ne laser
Helium atom accumulates at levels F2 and F3
Levels E4 and E6 of neon atoms have almost same energy as F2
and F3
Excited Helium ions collide with Neon atoms and excite them to
E4 and E6
Transitions:
Transition between E6 and E3 produce 6328 A line output
From E3 to E2 spontaneous emission takes place – 6000 A
E2 – metastable state – tends to collect atoms
From E2 atoms relax back to ground level
The CO2 Laser
Lasers discussed above – use transitions among various excited electronic states
of an atom or ion
CO2 laser – uses transition between different vibrational states of CO2 molecule
One of the earliest Gas lasers
Highest power continuous wave laser currently available
The filling gas within the discharge tube consists primarily of:
Carbon dioxide
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Helium
(proportions vary according to a specific laser)
The CO2 Laser
Electron impact excites vibrational motion of the nitrogen.
Collision energy transfer between the nitrogen and the CO2 molecule
causes vibrational excitation of the carbon dioxide
Excite with sufficient efficiency to lead to the desired population inversion
necessary for laser operation.
Laser transition occurs at 10.6µm
CO2 laser……
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Semiconductor Laser Applications
Apply strong forward bias across
semiconductor layers, metal, and
heat sink.
Electron-hole pairs generated by
electrons that are excited across
band gap.
Recombination of an electron-
hole pair generates
a photon of laser light