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Technician's instructions KEY Laser III 1243
1 Overview of functions
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1.1 Physical basics
Induced emission in the laser system
If a photon with the energy E
B
-E
A
impinges on an excited electron located at the
higher energy level EB, the drop to the basic energy level EA is greatly accelerated.
During this drop of the electron to level E
A
, an identical photon is released. The
triggering original photon remains in existence. This process is called induced emis‐
sion. Both photons have the same energy, direction, temporal and spatial phases.
This starts an avalanche effect which is amplified by the optical resonator since
these photons, reflected by the HR and AR mirrors, move through the laser medium
several times. The result is a radiating laser light source.
The figure shows the process of induced emission.
All of these processes are required for the laser to become active.
① Triggering photon
② Induced photon
③ Induced drop from excited electron
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E
B
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