1激光基本原理共振腔内放发光材料,用光源对它泵浦,使原子激发.原子停留在激发态的平均时间(称为原子激发态平均寿命)很短,会有不少原子同时发射光子.这些光子又诱导其它在激发态的原子产生受激辐射,腔内“相同”的光子数目加倍;如此循环,腔内“相同”光子数目以指数函数形式增长.当受激辐射产生的光功率,比损失的数量还多,就进入振荡状态.达到振荡状态时,处于高能态的原子数比在低能态原子数目多(称为粒子数反转)
PropertiesofLaserlight属性(1)
Monochromaticity单色性erlightisconcentratedinanarrowrangeofwavelengths,i
thebandwidthorspectrallinewidthofalaserisverysmall
Monochromaticityisrelatedtocoherence
CoherenceTwotypesofcoherence:temporalorspatial
Temporalcoherencedescribesthephaseconstancyasthewavetravelsthroughspace
Spatialcoherencedescribesthephaseconstancyacrossthewavefront
DirectionalityBeamdivergence(发散)Alltheemittedlaserphotonstravelinthesamedirection
BrightnessAlltheenergyisconcentratedwithinthenarrowspectrumoftheactiveatomictransition
Stimulatedemission,populationinversionandgain(1)In