Lasers

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  • Laser
  • Photon Beams
  • Quantum Mechanics
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Topics

  • Laser
  • Photon Beams
  • Quantum Mechanics

Description

Create a laser by pumping the chamber with a photon beam. Manage the energy states of the laser's atoms to control its output.

Sample Learning Goals

  • Describe how absorption and spontaneous and stimulated emission work, and explain the requirements for each to occur.
  • Describe how a laser works.
  • Explain the requirements for lasing in terms of the intensity and wavelength of the lamp, the mirror reflectivity, and the lifetimes of the excited states of the atom.
  • Troubleshoot a broken laser.
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Teacher Tips

Download teacher tips PDF Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ).

Teacher-Submitted Activities

Visualization and Visual Illusions SIM Homework A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman UG-Intro HW Physics
How to make a laser A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Sam McKagan, Kathy Perkins and Carl Wieman UG-Intro
UG-Adv
HW Physics
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? This contribution was designed by PhET. Sarah Borenstein MS Other Chemistry
Physics
Biology
Earth Science
Blackbody Spectrum & Lasers Simulations Homework This contribution was designed by PhET. Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman HS
UG-Intro
HW Physics
Bose-Einstein Condensation Lesson This contribution was designed by PhET. Carl Wieman, Kathy Perkins UG-Adv
HS
UG-Intro
Demo Physics
Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics Jaya Ramchandani HS Other Physics
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment Elyse Zimmer MS
HS
Other Chemistry
Biology
Physics
Laser activity Ralf Widenhorn UG-Adv HW
Light Emission and Lasers Debra Krause Dandaneau HS
UG-Intro
Lab
Other
Physics

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Design Team Third-party Libraries Thanks To
  • Ron LeMaster (developer)
  • Sam McKagan
  • Kathy Perkins
  • Carl Wieman
  • Interviewer: Danielle Harlow