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Laser

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 29mins

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Class
Date
1.

This situation shows that

a)

light travels in a straight line

b)

light is everywhere

c)

light penetrates certain objects

d)

light is produces by the Sun

2.

Acronym for LASER is

a)

Light Absorption by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

b)

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

c)

Light Alteration by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

d)

Light Attenuation by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

3.

Which of the following statements are true?

  1. LASER is used as optical source in single mode fibers.
  2. LASER lights are highly incoherent.
a)

1. is true and 2. is false

b)

1. is false and 2. is true

c)

Both 1 & 2 are true

d)

Both 1 & 2 are false

4.

Naturally occuring process in a LASER is

a)

Stimulated Emission

b)

Absorption

c)

Spontaneous Emission

d)

Population Inversion

5.

The process in which the electrons in the ground state are vibrated to the excited states by providing extra energy from energy sources is called as

a)

Population Inversion

b)

Spontaneous emission

c)

Stimulated emission

d)

Pumping

6.

Light amplification in LASER is achieved by

a)

Population inversion

b)

Stimulated emission

c)

Spontaneous emission

d)

Pumping

7.

Minimum number of energy states required to achieve population inversion is

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

8.

The lifetime of electrons are more in

a)

Pump state

b)

Excited state

c)

Meta stable state

d)

Ground state

9.

Laser is a coherent source of light. This means all the light waves....

a)

are out of phase

b)

are in phase

c)

have different directions

d)

have same direction

10.

Laser is a monochromatic source of light. This means all the light waves have...

a)

same wavelength

b)

same phase

c)

same intensity

d)

same direction

11.

In spontaneous emission the incident and emitted waves are...

a)

similar

b)

different

c)

amplified

d)

coherent

12.

Albert Einstein discovered the most important process of the laser. What is it?

a)

Einstein Process

b)

photon emission

c)

medium process

d)

stimulated emission

13.

Pump system needs to raise the atoms from...

a)

exited state to ground state

b)

ground state to exited state

c)

ground state to unexcited state

d)

excited state to exited state

14.

The resonator consists of ... mirrors at least.

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

15.

The first laser was built in...

a)

1920

b)

1940

c)

1960

d)

1980

16.

Population inversion means

a)

Number of atoms in excited state are equal to the number of atoms in the ground state.

b)

Number of atoms in excited state are more than the number of atoms in the ground state.

c)

Number of atoms in excited state are less than the number of atoms in the ground state.

d)

No atom in excited state.

17.

A source is said to be Monochromatic if

a)

light coming from a source has only one frequency.

b)

light coming from a source has two frequency.

c)

Light coming from a source has multiple frequency.

d)

Light coming from a source has multiplewavelength.

18.

Which of the following property is a property of laser?

a)

Directional

b)

Monochromatic

c)

Coherence

d)

Divergent

19.

What is the process responsible for producing photons in diode laser?

a)

Fermi level shift

b)

Majority carrier injection

c)

Carrier freeze out

d)

Electron-hole recombination

20.

What are three types of Laser?

a)

gas,solid,diode

b)

diode,inverted,pointer

c)

gas,metal vapor,rock

d)

pointer,diode,CD

21.

What was the active medium used in the first working laser ever constructed?

a)

helium-neon gas

b)

a diamond block

c)

carbon dioxide gas

d)

a ruby rod

22.

Which of the following is an example of optical pumping?

a)

Ruby laser

b)

Helium-Neon laser

c)

Semiconductor laser

d)

Dye laser

23.

Example of solid state laser is

a)

He-Ne laser

b)

co2co_2 laser

c)

Nd:YAG Laser

d)

Dye laser

24.

A wave is ...

a)

the motion of a disturbance between two points

b)

made up of atoms that travel at the speed of light

c)

water that comes up on the shore

d)

defined as a laser beam

25.

How can lasers remove tattoos from skin?

a)

by burning away skin cells containing tattoo ink

b)

by chemically changing tattoo ink so that it is invisible

c)

by breaking down the molecules that make up the ink

d)

laser tattoo removal is currently impossible

26.

The lowest allowable energy state of an atom is known as what?

a)

ground state

b)

ionized energy

c)

absolute zero

d)

base level

27.

What wavelength did the first laser operate at?

a)

532 nm

b)

694 nm

c)

755 nm

d)

800 nm

28.

The "A" in laser stands for

a)

association

b)

application

c)

amplification

d)

antenna

29.

Which of the following is NOT a common medical use for lasers?

a)

tattoo removal

b)

vision correction

c)

hair removal

d)

hair restoration

30.

If optical resonator is not formed

a)

No output in laser would be there

b)

Output would be there but would stop very soon

c)

Intensity can't grow

d)

No laser would be produced at all

31.

In Physics lab the laser we use is

a)

He-Ne laser

b)

Ruby laser

c)

Diode laser

d)

Co2 laser

32.
which is an application of laser?
a)
medical application 
b)
Communication 
c)
cutting metals
d)
all of the above 
33.

Population inversion for Lasing action means

a)

More electrons in ground state than excited state

b)

More electrons in any excited state than ground state

c)

More electrons in 1st excited than ground state

d)

More electrons in metastable state than ground state

34.

Metastable state is

a)

The ground state

b)

Any excited state

c)

an excited state with relatively larger life time

d)

an excited state with relatively smaller life time

35.

In a LASER diode,the light output is taken from

a)

P-layer

b)

N-layer

c)

Active layer

d)

Mirror polished reflecting surface

36.

High optical gain in LASER diode is due to

a)

Heavily doped P-layer

b)

Heavily doped N-layer

c)

Active layer

d)

Reflective surfaces

37.

High optical gain in LASER diode is due to

a)

Heavily doped P-layer

b)

Heavily doped N-layer

c)

Active layer

d)

Reflective surfaces

38.

Laser is made of

a)

Highly coherent photons

b)

Electrons

c)

Neutrons

d)

Very light and elastic particles

39.

The rate of absorption transition Rabs depends on

a)

ρ(ν) and N1

b)

ρ(ν) only

c)

N1 only

d)

none of the above

40.

The rate of spontaneous emission Rsp depends only on

a)

N1

b)

N2

c)

ρ(ν)

d)

none of the above

41.

The rate of stimulated emission Rst depends only on ρ(ν)

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Life time of metastable state is

a)

10-8 s

b)

10-10 s

c)

10-3 s

d)

10-9 s

43.

CO2 laser is a type of

a)

Solid Laser

b)

Liquid Laser

c)

Molecular Gas Laser

d)

Semiconductor Laser

44.

Power output of CO2 laser is

a)

10 kW

b)

10 W

c)

10 microwatt

d)

1 W

45.

Example for direct band gap semiconductors are

a)

GaAs

b)

Ge

c)

Si

d)

AlSb

46.

The wavelength of the emitted radiations depends upon the -----------------------in GaAs semiconductor laser

a)

Refractive Index

b)

Band gap, concentration of donor and acceptor atoms

c)

Current

d)

Resistance

47.

Wavelength produced by smeiconductor laser is

a)

5000 Angstrom

b)

6000 Angstrom

c)

8400 to 8600 Angstrom

d)

None

48.

Holography records _______ of light coming from an object.

a)

Intensity

b)

Phase

c)

Both intensity and phase

d)

None of the above

49.

A recorded holographic plate contains information in the _______ pattern.

a)

interference

b)

diffraction

c)

both a and b

d)

none of the above

50.

If a hologram breaks into pieces, then each piece can produce

a)

Real image

b)

Virtual image

c)

Both virtual and real image

d)

Zero image

51.

An atom is stimulated from the state of energy 1x10-34 J to an excited sate of energy 7.62x10-34 J. Calculate the frequency of the stimulating photon.

a)

2.0364 Hz

b)

3.1042 J

c)

1 Hz

d)

0.5276 Hz