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1. DEFINITION OF LASER
A laser is a device that generates light by aprocess called STIMULATED EMISSION.
The acronym LASER stands for LightAmplification by Stimulated Emission ofRadiation
Semiconducting lasers are multilayersemiconductor devices that generates acoherent beam of monochromatic light bylaser action. A coherent beam resultedwhich all of the photons are in phase.
3 MECHANISMS OF LIGHT EMISSION
1. Absorption
2. Spontaneous Emission
3. Stimulated Emission
Therefore 3 process of
light emission:
BEFORE AFTER
(i) Stimulated absorption
Spontaneous emission)
Stimulated emission
)II) SPONTANEOUS EMISSION
Consider an atom (or molecule) of the material is existed
initially in an excited state E2 No external radiation is
required to initiate the emission. Since E2>E1, the atom will
tend to spontaneously decay to the ground state E1, a
photon of energy h =E2-E1 is released in a random direction
as shown in (Fig. 1-ii). This process is called “spontaneous
emission ”
Note that; when the release energy difference (E2-E1) is
delivered in the form of an e.m wave, the process called
"radiative emission" which is one of the two possible ways
“non-radiative” decay is occurred when the energy
difference (E2-E1) is delivered in some form other than e.m
radiation (e.g. it may transfer to kinetic energy of the
surrounding)
(III) STIMULATED EMISSION
Quite by contrast “stimulated emission” (Fig. 1-iii)
requires the presence of external radiation when an
incident photon of energy h =E2-E1 passes by an atom in
an excited state E2, it stimulates the atom to drop or
decay to the lower state E1. In this process, the atom
releases a photon of the same energy, direction, phase
and polarization as that of the photon passing by, the net
effect is two identical photons (2h) in the place of one,
or an increase in the intensity of the incident beam. It is
precisely this processes of stimulated emission that
makes possible the amplification of light in lasers.
ND (NEODYMIUM) – YAG (YTTRIUM ALUMINIUM GARNET)
LASERPRINCIPLE CHARACTERISTICS
Doped Insulator laser refers to yttrium
aluminium garnet doped with neodymium. The
Nd ion has many energy levels and due
to optical pumping these ions are raised to excited levels. During the transition from the metastable state to E1,
the laser beam of wavelength 1.064μm is
emitted
Type : Doped Insulator Laser
Active Medium : Yttrium Aluminium Garnet
Active Centre : Neodymium
Pumping
Method
: Optical Pumping
Pumping
Source
: Xenon Flash Pump
Optical
Resonator
: Ends of rods silver coated
Two mirrors partially and
totally reflecting
Power Output : 20 kWatts
Nature of
Output
: Pulsed
Wavelength
Emitted
: 1.064 μm
ND (NEODYMIUM) – YAG (YTTRIUM ALUMINIUM
GARNET) LASER
Power Supply
Capacitor
Resistor
Laser Rod
Flash Tube
M1– 100%
reflector mirrorM2 – partial
reflector mirror
E1, E2, E3 – ENERGY LEVELS OF ND
E4 – META STABLE STATE
E0 – GROUND STATE ENERGY LEVEL
APPLICATIONS
TRANSMISSION OF SIGNALS OVER LARGE DISTANCES
LONG HAUL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
ENDOSCOPIC APPLICATIONS
REMAOTE SENSING
Energy Level Diagram of Nd– YAG LASER
Non radiative decay
Laser
1.064μm
Non radiative decay
E3
E2
E0
E1
E4
CARBON DI OXIDE LASERPRINCIPLE
THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE ROTATIONAL AND VIBRATIONAL ENERGY LEVELS LENDS TO
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MOLECULAR GAS LASER. NITROGEN ATOMS ARE RAISED TO
THE EXCITED STATE WHICH IN TURN DELIVER ENERGY TO THE CO2 ATOMS WHOSE
ENERGY LEVELS ARE CLOSE TO IT. TRANSITION TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE ENERGY
LEVELS OF CO2 ATOMS AND THE LASER BEAM IS EMITTED.
Type : Molecular gas laser
Active Medium : Mixture of CO2, N2, He or H2O vapour
Active Centre : CO2
Pumping Method : Electric Discharge Method
Optical Resonator : Gold mirror or Si mirror coated with Al
Power Output : 10 kW
Nature of Output : Continuous or pulsed
Wavelength Emitted : 9.6 μm or 10.6 μm
FIBER OPTICS TECHNOLOGY
OPTICAL FIBER: ADVANTAGES
Capacity: much wider bandwidth(10 GHz)
Crosstalk immunity
Immunity to static interference
Lightening
Electric motor
Florescent light
Higher environment immunity
Weather, temperature, etc.
OPTICAL FIBER: ADVANTAGES
Safety: Fiber is non-metalic
No explosion, no chock
Longer lasting
Security: tapping is difficult
Economics: Fewer repeaters
Low transmission loss (dB/km)
Fewer repeaters
Less cable
Remember: Fiber is non-conductive
Hence, change of magnetic field has
No impact!
DISADVANTAGES
Higher initial cost in installation
Interfacing cost
Strength
Lower tensile strength
Remote electric power
More expensive to repair/maintain
Tools: Specialized and sophisticated
OPTICAL FIBER ARCHITECTURE
Transmitter
Input
Signal
Coder or
Converter
Light
Source
Source-to-Fiber
Interface
Fiber-to-light
Interface
Light
DetectorAmplifier/Shaper
Decoder
Output
Fiber-optic Cable
Receiver
TX, RX, and Fiber Link
OPTICAL FIBER ARCHITECTURE –
COMPONENTS
Light source:
Amount of light emitted is proportional to the drive current
Two common types:
LED (Light Emitting Diode)
ILD (Injection Laser Diode)
Source–to-fiber-coupler (similar to a lens):
A mechanical interface to couple the light emitted by the source into the optical fiber
Input
Signal
Coder or
Converter
Light
Source
Source-to-Fiber
Interface
Fiber-to-light
Interface
Light
DetectorAmplifier/Shaper
Decoder
Output
Fiber-optic Cable
Receiver
Light detector:
PIN (p-type-intrinsic-n-type)
APD (avalanche photo diode)
Both convert light energy into current
OPTICAL FIBER CONSTRUCTION
Core – thin glass center of the
fiber where light travels.
Cladding – outer optical
material surrounding the core
Buffer Coating – plastic
coating that protects
the fiber.
FIBER TYPES
Plastic core and cladding
Glass core with plastic cladding PCS (Plastic-Clad Silicon)
Glass core and glass cladding SCS: Silica-clad silica
Under research: non silicate: Zinc-chloride
1000 time as efficient as glass
Core Cladding
PLASTIC FIBER
Used for short distances
Higher attenuation, but easy to install
Better withstand stress
Less expensive
60% less weight
A LITTLE ABOUT LIGHT
When electrons are excited and
moved to a higher energy state they
absorb energy
When electrons are moved to a
lower energy state loose energy
emit light
photon of light is generated
Energy (joule) = h.f
Planck’s constant: h=6.625E-23
Joule.sec
f is the frequency
http://www.student.nada.kth.se/~f93-jhu/phys_sim/compton/Compton.htm
DE=h.f
REFRACTION
Refraction is the change in direction of a
wave due to a change in its speed
Refraction of light is the most commonly seen
example
Any type of wave can refract when it
interacts with a medium
Refraction is described by Snell's law, which
states that the angle of incidence is related to
the angle of refraction by :
The index of refraction is defined as the
speed of light in vacuum divided by the speed
of light in the medium: n=c/v
FIBER TYPES
Modes of operation (the path which the light is
traveling on)
Index profile
Step
Graded
TYPES OF OPTICAL FIBER
Single-mode step-index Fiber
Multimode step-index Fiber
Multimode graded-index Fiber
n1 core
n2 cladding
no air
n2 cladding
n1 core
Variable
n
no air
Light
ray
Index profile
SINGLE-MODE STEP-INDEX FIBER
Advantages: Minimum dispersion: all rays take same path, same time to travel
down the cable. A pulse can be reproduced at the receiver very
accurately.
Less attenuation, can run over longer distance without repeaters.
Larger bandwidth and higher information rate
Disadvantages: Difficult to couple light in and out of the tiny core
Highly directive light source (laser) is required
Interfacing modules are more expensive
MULTI MODE
Multimode step-index Fibers:
inexpensive
easy to couple light into Fiber
result in higher signal distortion
lower TX rate
Multimode graded-index Fiber:
intermediate between the other two types of Fibers
ACCEPTANCE CONE & NUMERICAL APERTURE
n2 cladding
n2 cladding
n1 core
Acceptance
Cone
Acceptance angle, qc, is the maximum angle in which
external light rays may strike the air/Fiber interface
and still propagate down the Fiber with <10 dB loss.
Note: n1 belongs to core and n2 refers to cladding)
2
2
2
1
1sin nnC q
qC
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Introduction to Ultrasonics
The word ultrasonic combines the Latin roots ultra,meaning ‘beyond’ and sonic, or sound.
The sound waves having frequencies above the audiblerange i.e. above 20000Hz are called ultrasonic waves.
Generally these waves are called as high frequencywaves.
The field of ultrasonics have applications for imaging,detection and navigation.
The broad sectors of society that regularly apply ultrasonictechnology are the medical community, industry, themilitary and private citizens.
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PROPERTIES OF ULTRASONIC WAVES
(1) They have a high energy content.
(2) Just like ordinary sound waves, ultrasonic waves
get reflected, refracted and absorbed.
(3) They can be transmitted over large distances
with no appreciable loss of energy.
(4) If an arrangement is made to form stationary waves ofultrasonics in a liquid, it serves as a diffraction grating. It is calledan acoustic grating.
(5) They produce intense heating effect when passed through asubstance.
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ULTRASONICS PRODUCTIONS
Ultrasonic waves are produced by the
following methods.
(1) Magneto-striction generator or oscillator
(2) Piezo-electric generator or oscillator
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MAGNETOAGNETOSTRICTION GENERATOR
Principle: Magnetostriction effectWhen a ferromagnetic rod like iron ornickel is placed in a magnetic fieldparallel to its length, the rodexperiences a small change in itslength.This is called magnetostricioneffect.
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The change in length (increase or decrease) produced in the
rod depends upon the strength of the magnetic field, the
nature of the materials and is independent of the direction of
the magnetic field applied.
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CONSTRUCTION
The experimental arrangement is shown in Figure
Magnetostriction oscillator
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XY is a rod of ferromagnetic materials like iron or nickel.The rod is clamped in the middle.
The alternating magnetic field is generated by electronicoscillator.
The coil L1 wound on the right hand portion of the rodalong with a variable capacitor C.
This forms the resonant circuit of the collector tunedoscillator. The frequency of oscillator is controlled by thevariable capacitor.
The coil L2 wound on the left hand portion of the rod is connected to the base circuit. The coil L2 acts as feed –back loop.
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WORKING
When High Tension (H.T) battery is switched on, thecollector circuit oscillates with a frequency,
f =
This alternating current flowing through the coil L1produces an alternating magnetic field along thelength of the rod. The result is that the rod startsvibrating due to magnetostrictive effect.
1
1
2 L C
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ADVANTAGES
1. The design of this oscillator is very simple and its
production cost is low
2. At low ultrasonic frequencies, the large power output can
be produced without the risk of damage of the oscillatory
circuit.
Disadvantages
1. It has low upper frequency limit and cannot generate
ultrasonic frequency above 3000 kHz (ie. 3MHz).
2. The frequency of oscillations depends on temperature.
3. There will be losses of energy due to hysteresis and eddy
current.
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PIEZO ELECTRIC GENERATOR OR OSCILLATOR
Principle : Inverse piezo electric effect
If mechanical pressure is applied to one pair of oppositefaces of certain crystals like quartz, equal and oppositeelectrical charges appear across its other faces.This iscalled as piezo-electric effect.
The converse of piezo electric effect is also true.
If an electric field is applied to one pair of faces, thecorresponding changes in the dimensions of the otherpair of faces of the crystal are produced.This is known asinverse piezo electric effect or electrostriction.
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CONSTRUCTION
The circuit diagram is shown in Figure
Piezo electric oscillator
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The quartz crystal is placed between two metal plates Aand B.
The plates are connected to the primary (L3) of atransformer which is inductively coupled to the electronicsoscillator.
The electronic oscillator circuit is a base tuned oscillatorcircuit.
The coils L1 and L2 of oscillator circuit are taken fromthe secondary of a transformer T.
The collector coil L2 is inductively coupled to base coilL1.
The coil L1 and variable capacitor C1 form the tank circuit of the oscillator.
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Advantages
Ultrasonic frequencies as high as 5 x 108Hz or 500 MHz can be obtained with this arrangement.
The output of this oscillator is very high.
It is not affected by temperature and humidity.
Disadvantages
The cost of piezo electric quartz is very high
The cutting and shaping of quartz crystal are very complex.
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(1)DETECTION OF FLAWS IN METALS (NON
DESTRUCTIVE TESTING –NDT)Principle
Ultrasonic waves are used to detect the presenceof flaws or defects in the form of cracks, blowholesporosity etc., in the internal structure of a material
By sending out ultrasonic beam and by measuringthe time interval of the reflected beam, flaws in themetal block can be determined.
Applications of Ultrasonic Waves in Engineering
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EXPERIMENTAL SETUPIt consists of an ultrasonic frequency generator and a cathode
ray oscilloscope (CRO),transmitting transducer(A), receiving
transducer(B) and an amplifier.
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WORKING
In flaws, there is a change of medium and this
produces reflection of ultrasonic at the cavities or
cracks.
The reflected beam (echoes) is recorded by using
cathode ray oscilloscope.
The time interval between initial and flaw echoes
depends on the range of flaw.
By examining echoes on CRO, flaws can be detected
and their sizes can be estimated.
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