Active Laser Medium
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The active laser medium is the source of optical gain within a laser. The gain results from the stimulated emission of electronic or molecular transitions to a lower energy state from a higher energy state previously populated by a pump source. Examples of active laser media include: Certain crystals, typically doped with rare-earth ions or transition metal ions; most often yttrium aluminium garnet, yttrium orthovanadate, or sapphire; Glasses, e.g. silicate or phosphate glasses, doped with laser-active ions; Gases, e.g. mixtures of helium and neon, nitrogen, argon, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, or metal vapors; Semiconductors, e.g. gallium arsenide, indium gallium arsenide, or gallium...
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Дата выхода: июль 2011