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Practice Questions
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What is stimulated emission?
💡 Hint: Think about how lasers amplify light.
Define population inversion.
💡 Hint: Contrast it with a normal energy distribution.
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What is the primary mechanism that allows lasers to emit coherent light?
💡 Hint: Think about what triggers the emission of light in lasers.
True or False: Population inversion means that more atoms are in the ground state than in the excited state.
💡 Hint: Recall the definition of population inversion.
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Describe how a CO₂ laser is capable of cutting through metal, focusing on the interaction between the laser and the material.
💡 Hint: Think of heat generation and material properties.
Given a laser with a wavelength of 532 nm, calculate the energy of each photon generated. Use the formula E = hc/λ.
💡 Hint: Make sure to convert all measurements to SI units.
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