Lecture 8: Laser amplifiers
Lecture 8: Laser amplifiers
Lecture 8: Laser amplifiers
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Transition rates<br />
<br />
For the upward transition from |1> to |2> associated with<br />
absorption in the frequency range between and +d is<br />
W 12<br />
()d B 12<br />
u()ĝ()d<br />
(s -1 )<br />
<br />
For the downward transition from |2> to |1> associated with<br />
stimulated emission<br />
W 21<br />
()d B 21<br />
u()ĝ()d<br />
(s -1 )<br />
<br />
The spontaneous emission rate is independent of the energy<br />
density of the radiation and is solely determined by the<br />
transition lineshape function<br />
W sp<br />
()d A 21 ĝ()d<br />
(s -1 )<br />
The A and B constants are the Einstein A and B coefficients.<br />
19