Optical Pumping
Nd:YAG Crystal
Absorption Spectra of Nd:YAG
Lifetime of Excited States
Einstein Coefficient
Spontaneous Emission
Real Time Fluorescence Spectra
LE-0100 Emission, Absorption & Optical Pumping
Optical pumping is a process in which an electron of an atom ore molecule is excited (or "pumped") from a lower to a higher energy level. Within this experiment we are using as pump light source as diode laser and Neodymium (Nd) atoms which are hosted in a crystal lattice formed by an Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (YAG). This material (abbreviated Nd:YAG) is one of the most important laser materials. At the beginning Nd:YAG has been pumped by flash lamps. To improve the efficiency diode laser are used which emission wavelength is almost completely absorbed whereby the light of the flash lamps to an extend of only about 5%.A. Measuring the output power | The laser diode emits a wavelength of 808 ±3 nm and is mounted onto a Peltier element allowing the temperature to be varied from 10 to 50°C to study the thermal effect on the laser properties. A change of the temperature affects the emitted wavelength as well as the output power. The setup as shown in Fig. A measures the relative output power of the laser diode versus the injection current with the temperature as parameter. The beam divergence is controlled by the collimating lens (C) and is set to a suitable intensity without saturating the photodetector. |
Fig. B Absorption Measurement | The setup according to Fig. B is used to measure the spectral property of the laser diode using the well known absorption lines of a Nd:YAG crystal. In this arrangement a focusing lens is added to create a tight focus inside the Nd:YAG crystal. The photodetector sees the unabsorbed pump light as well as the created fluorescence. However, its intensity is comparably small and will not affect the measurement. |
C. Fluorescence Measurement | In the setup of Fig. C a filter is added which blocks the pump radiation and only the fluorescence will be seen by the photodetector. Furthermore, the injection current of the pump laser is modulated and allows the measurement of the temporal build up and decay of the fluorescence using an oscilloscope. From the results the important lifetime of the excited state is determined. The inverse value is also defined as Einstein coefficient for spontaneous emission. |
Item | Code | Qty. | Description |
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1 | CA-0060 | 1 | Infrared display card 0.8 -1.4 µm |
2 | CA-0450 | 3 | BNC connection cable 1 m |
3 | DC-0040 | 1 | Diode laser controller MK1 |
4 | DC-0120 | 1 | Si-PIN Photodetector, BPX61 |
5 | MM-0020 | 5 | Mounting plate C25 on carrier MG20 |
6 | MM-0060 | 1 | Filter plate holder on MG20 |
7 | MM-0218 | 1 | 4 axes adjustment holder on 20 mm carrier |
8 | MP-0150 | 1 | Optical Bench MG-65, 500 mm |
9 | OC-0060 | 1 | Biconvex lens f=60 mm in C25 mount |
10 | OC-0170 | 1 | Collimator 808 nm in C25 mount |
11 | OC-0400 | 1 | Adjustable iris mounted in C25 |
12 | OC-0550 | 1 | Nd:YAG rod in CR25 mount |
13 | OC-0950 | 1 | Filter RG1000 50x50x3 mm |
14 | OM-S808 | 1 | Diode laser module 808 nm, Single Mode |
15 | UM-LE01 | 1 | Manual Emission and Absorption |
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16 | CA-0200 | 1 | Oscilloscope 100 MHz digital, two channel |
17 | CA-0270 | 1 | Fibre coupled spectrometer 200 - 1200 nm, USB |
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