Technician's instructions KEY Laser III 1243
1 Overview of functions
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1.1 Physical basics
Spontaneous emission in the laser medium
Electrons that are now at the excited higher energy level E
B
have a tendency to
spontaneously return to the base level E
A
after a very brief lingering period.
This process is termed “spontaneous emission“. During this process, the electron
releases its energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation, i.e. as a photon. This
photon possesses the energy E
B
-E
A
.
The figure shows the process of spontaneous emission.
① The electron drops back to a lower orbit
② Photon (laser radiation) with energy differential EB-EA.
1
2
2
E
B
E
A
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