Announcements 4/6/12 Prayer Exam 3 ends tomorrow I’ll be on the radio 5 pm tomorrow with the Utah Baroque Ensemble: 89.1 FM or Sirius XM 143 (BYU radio). An hour of classicalstyle choral music, pieces dating from ~1600 to ~2000. Close to Home Reading Quiz Who developed the “A and B” coefficients? a. Avogadro and Boltzmann b. Bohr c. Einstein d. Fermi e. Plank Reading Quiz Which of these processes is not one considered in Einstein’s A & B coefficient analysis? a. spontaneous absorption b. stimulated absorption c. spontaneous emission d. stimulated emission Two Level System: Three Processes Stimulated Absorption Emission Emission Energy Energy (light, (light) electrical, etc.) light light: incident + more A & B for a Two Level System and application to lasers Lasers Image & list from Wikipedia Principal components: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Gain medium Laser pumping energy High reflector Output coupler Laser beam From Saleh & Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics (2007) Lasers!! From Wikipedia Semiconductor Alloys From Saleh & Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics (2007) Bandgap Engineering Quotes from web page author From http://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/semi_en/kap_5/backbone/r5_1_4.html