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Emitted
photon
Incident
photon Excited Incident
electron photon
Unexcited
electron
E1 E1
Metastable State
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E3 E3
Metastable state
E2 E2
Incident photon
Photon of energy E2 E1
E1 E1Emitted photon
Metastable system Stimulated emission
LASER COMPONENTS
ACTIVE MEDIUM
Optical Resonator
Solid (Crystal)
Gas Output
Semiconductor (Diode) Active Beam
MONOCHROMATIC
DIRECTIONAL
COHERENT
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Properties of Laser Light
• Monochromaticity
• Laser light is concentrated in a narrow range of
wavelengths
• Coherence
• All the emitted photons bear a constant phase
relationship with each other in both time and phase
• Directionality
• laser light is usually low in divergence
• High Irradiance
• light possesses high radiant power per unit area
Laser Tube
Q-Switch opens
Lasing begins
without Q-switch
Stored Energy
With Q-Switch
Without Q-Switch
HR Q AM OC
Time
Output Power
Q-switched Pulse:
Normal Long Pulse: 1 J in 10 ns -> 100 MW
1.0 J in 1.0 ms -> 1 KW
Time
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REPETITIVE PULSED LASER
POWER AND ENERGY
PRT
Fmax Peak
Power
Qp
POWER (W)
Favg Average
Power
TIME (s)
1 t Favg Qp
PRF = =
PRT PRT Fmax Fmax =
t Pulse power
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BEAM DIAMETER
Peak
Irradiance
Average
Gaussian beam shape Irradiance
99%
d1/e2
d1/e =
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2
BEAM DIVERGENCE
LASER f d
1 ft
f = = 0.001 radian
1000 ft
= 1 mrad
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IRRADIANCE CALCULATION
20 Watt
Laser
D1 = 1 cm D2 = 0.01 cm
Power
Irradiance =
Area p D2
Area = r2= (D/2)2
4
IRRADIANCE AT LENS:
E 20 watts IRRADIANCE OF FOCUSED
1
= (3.14)(1cm)2/4 SPOT:
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HELIUM-NEON GAS LASER
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DIODE LASER
Metallic Contact
10 - 20 mm
Current
Distribution
SiO2
+
- Elliptical
Beam
P-N Junction
Cleaved Facet
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NEODYMIUM YAG LASER
Rear Mirror
Adjustment Knobs
Safety Shutter Polarizer Assembly (optional)
Coolant
Beam Adjustment
Tube Knob
Output
Mirror
Q-switch Beam
(optional)
Nd:YAG Beam Tube
Laser Rod
Flashlamps
Pump
Cavity
Laser Cavity
Harmonic
Generator (optional)
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LASER SPECTRUM
10-13 10-12 10-11 10-10 10-9 10-8 10-7 10-6 10-5 10-4 10-3 10-2 10-1 1 10 102
Wavelength (m)
LASERS
200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 10600
Wavelength (nm)
ArF XeCl HeNe Ruby Communication CO2
193 308 633 694 10600
Diode
KrF Ar 2w Alexandrite GaAs Nd:YAG 1550
248 488/515 Nd:YAG 755 905 1064
532
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Uses of Laser (1)
• In medicine
• to break up gallstones and kidney stones,
• to weld broken tissue (e.g. detached retina)
• to destroy cancerous and precancerous cells; at the same time,
the heat seal off capillaries,
• to remove plaque clogging human arteries.
Uses of Laser (2)
• In industry
• to drill tiny holes in hard
materials,
• for welding and machining,
• for lining up equipment
precisely, especially in
inaccessible places.
Uses of laser (3)
• In everyday life
• to be used as bar-code readers,
• to be used in compact disc players,
• to produce short pulses of light used in
digital communications,
• to produce holograms.
Holography
Focusing characteristic
High retinal irradiance of focused beam creates extreme retinal hazard
for visible and near infrared lasers.
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LASER SKIN INJURIES
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SKIN BURN FROM CO2 LASER
EXPOSURE
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CDRH(Center for Devices and Radiological
Health) CLASS WARNING LABELS
Argon Ion
Helium Neon Laser Wavelength: 488/514 nm
1 milliwatt max/cw Output Power 5 W
CLASS II LASER PRODUCT CLASS IV Laser Product
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INTERNATIONAL LASER
WARNING LABELS
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