Laser Physics (Mcqs)

1. Which one of the following is a unique property of laser?

(a) Directional
(b) Speed
(c) Coherence
(d) Wavelength
2. The light from laser is monochromatic because all the photons
(a) Are in phase
(b) Have same energy
(c) Have same amplitude
(d) Are in the same direction
3. In normal population, the number of atoms in the
(a) Excited state is more
(b) Ground state is more
(c) Excited state is equal to the Ground state
(d) Ground state is zero
4. The process of population inversion is to increase the number of atoms in the
(a) Excited state
(b) Ground state
(c) Intermediate state
(d) Excited state and ground state
5. Which is an example of optical pumping?
(a) Rudy laser
(b) Heliun-Neon laser
(c) Semiconductor laser
(d) Dye laser
6. The number of atoms in the excited state becomes much greater than the
number of atoms in the ground state. This is known as
(a) Normal population
(b) Population Inversion
(c) Stimulated Inversion
(d) Spontaneous emission
7. Laser can be used in the
(a) Fission reaction
 (b) Polarization
(c) Thermo-nuclear fusion
(d) Production of white light
8. The life of atoms in the excited state is normally
(a) 10−6s
(b) 10−4s
(c) 10−5s
(d) 10−8s
9. Laser light is intense because
(a) It has very less number of photons that in phase
(b) It has very less number of photons that are not in phase
(c) It has very large number of photons that in phase
(d) It has very large number of photons that are not in phase
10. Which of the following is used in atomic clocks?
(a) Laser
(b) Quartz
(c) Maser
(d) Helium
11. ________ in the laser occurs when photon colliding with an excited atom causes
the stimulated emission of a second photon
(a) Light amplification
(b) Attenuation
(c) Dispersion
(d) Population inversion
12. Directionality property of laser can be used in
(a) Surveying
(b) Remote sensing
(c) Lidar
(d) All correct
13. The pumping sourcein He-Ne laser
(a) Optical
(b) Electric discharge
(c) Chemical
(d) Mechanical
14. The active medium in He-Ne laser is
 (a) He
(b) Ne
(c) He-Ne
(d) All correct
15. The ratio of He to Ne in He-Ne laser is
(a) 1:10
(b) 2:13
(c) 10:1
(d) 3:15
16. The role of He in He-Ne is
(a) He is an active medium
(b) Population inversion takes place in He
(c) Stimulated emission takes place in He
(d) He atoms help in exciting Ne atoms
17. Laser is the short form of
(a) Light Amplificaion Stimulated Emission Radiation
(b) Light Amplificaion by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
(c) Light Absoption by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
(d) Light Absoption
18. Laser beam is made of
(a) Electrons
(b) Highly coherent Photons
(c) Very light and elastic particles
(d) None of them
19. Characteristics of Laser beam are
(a) Highly directional
(b) Highly intense
(c) Highly monochromatic
(d) All of them
20. Which Laser was invented first ?
(a) Semiconductor Laser
(b) Ruby Laser
(c) He-Ne Laser
(d) Co2 Laser
21. If a laser operates at a wavelength of 496nm,what is the energy of each photon in
eV?
(a) 0.5eV
ℎ𝑐
(b) 2.5eV // E=ℎ𝑣 =
𝜆
(c) 1eV
(d) 5eV
22. The directionality of a Laser beam is measured by:
(a) Visibility of interference fringes
(b) The size and aperture of the Laser source
(c) The divergence angle of the beam with the distance from the source
(d) Nature of the Lasing medium
23. The method of population inversion to the Laser action in ruby Laser is
(a) Electrical discharge
(b) Optical pumping
(c) Direct conversion
(d) Inelastic atom-atom collision
24. The laser used in cancer treatment is :
(a) Ruby Laser
(b) CO2 Laser
(c) He-Ne Laser
(d) None of above
25. Which is of the following condition is very essential for production for Laser
Light?
(a) Spontaneous emission process
(b) Stimulated emission process
(c) Population inversion process
(d) All of the above
26. Which of the following scheme does not produce lasing action?
(a) Two level scheme
(b) Three-level scheme
(c) Four-level scheme
(d) Five-level scheme
27. Ruby Laser produces the Laser beam of wavelength
(a) 6943 Ao
(b) 6328 Ao
 (c) 6320 Ao
(d) 6940 Ao
28. Pulsed Laser light produced from
(a) Ruby Laser
(b) Carbon Laser
(c) CO2 Laser
(d) None of the above
29. Which of the following is not the property of Laser
(a) Coherence
(b) High directional
(c) Extreme Brightness
(d) Divergence
30. In the population inversion
(a) The number of electrons in higher energy state is more than the ground state
(b) The number of electrons in lower energy state is more than the higher state
(c) The number of electrons in higher and lower energy state are same
(d) None of the above
31. The method of population inversion to the laser action in He-Ne is :
(a) Molecular collision
(b) Direction conversion
(c) Electric discharge
(d) Electron impact
32. He-Ne Laser employes
(a) Two level pumping scheme
(b) Three level pumping scheme
(c) Four level pumping scheme
(d) None of these
33. Ruby Laser employes
(a) Two level pumping scheme
(b) Three level pumping scheme
(c) Four level pumping scheme
(d) None of these
34. In ruby Laser which ion give rise to the Laser action?
(a) Al2O3
(b) Al+3
 (c) Cr-3
(d) None of them
35. Optical pumping method is used in Ruby Laser.
36. Ruby laser produce pulsed laser beam
(a) True
(b) False
37. Laser light can be used in
(a) Eye surgery
(b) Communication
(c) Welding
(d) All of them
38. Einstein in 1917 theoretically proved the existence of
(a) Spontaneous emission
(b) Stimulated emission
(c) Non-radioactive transition
(d) Thermal emission
39. Emission of photon assisted by an extraneous photon of proper frequency is
called
(a) Spontaneous emission
(b) Stimulated emission
(c) Stimulated absorption
(d) None of these
40. Boltzmann’s law gives the density of population of various energy levels in
(a) Thermodynamical Equilibrium
(b) Thermal equilibrium
(c) Thermal inequilibrium
(d) Both b & c
41. A metastable state has life-time of the order of
(a) 10-8s
(b) 10-5s
(c) 10-3s
(d) 10-10s
42. Presence of a metastable state is essential for
(a) Stimulated absorption
(b) Spontaneous emission
 (c) Stimulated emission
(d) Non-radioactive transition
43. If N1 , N2 be the number of atoms in energy states E1 , E2 (E2 > E1 ) then the
condition for inverse population is
(a) N1 = N2
(b) N1 < N2
(c) N1 > N2
(d) N1 ≥ N2
44. For laser action to occur the medium must have at least,
(a) 4 energy levels
(b) 2 energy levels
(c) 3 energy levels
(d) None of the above
45. Stimulated absorption rate depends on
(a) Intensity of the incident radiation
(b) Number of atom in the ground state
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of these
46. Spontaneous emission rate depend on
(a) the number of atoms in the excited state
(b) Intensity of the exciting radiation
(c) The number of atoms in the ground state
(d) none of these
47. Stimulated emission rate depend on
(a) the number of atoms in the excited state
(b) the intensity of external radiation
(c) both a & b
(d) none of these
48. For light amplification the responsible mechanism is
(a) spontaneous absorption
(b) spontaneous emission
(c) stimulated emission
(d) both b & c
49. The intensity of light passing through an active medium
(a) decreases
 (b) increases
(c) remain unaltered
(d) first decreases and then increases
50. According to Boltzmann distribution law
(a) 𝑁 𝑖 =𝑁0 𝑒 −𝐸𝑖⁄𝑘𝑇
(b) 𝑁 𝑖 =𝑁0 𝑒 𝐸𝑖⁄𝑘𝑇
𝑁0
(c) 𝑁 𝑖 =
𝑒 𝑖 ⁄𝑘𝑇
−𝐸
1
(d) 𝑁 𝑖 = 𝑒 −𝐸𝑖⁄𝑘𝑇
𝑁0