Description : Which type of laser is the simplest to modulate directly by changing its excitation? ∙ a. Semiconductor ∙ b. Ruby ∙ c. Helium-neon ∙ d. Neodymium-YAG
Last Answer : Semiconductor
Description : Which type of laser is the simplest to modulate directly by changing its excitation? a. Semiconductor b. Ruby c. Helium-neon d. Neodymium-YAG
Last Answer : a. Semiconductor
Description : Which laser emits light in the visible range 400 to 700 nm? ∙ a. Argon-ion ∙ b. Nitrogen ∙ c. Carbon-dioxide ∙ d. Neodymium-YAG
Last Answer : a. Argon-ion
Description : Type of lasers that uses a mixture of helium and neon enclosed in glass tube. ∙ A. gas lasers ∙ B. solid lasers ∙ C. semiconductor lasers ∙ D. liquid lasers
Last Answer : A. gas lasers
Description : Type of lasers that use organic dyes enclosed in glass tube for an active medium. ∙ A. liquid lasers ∙ B. plasma lasers ∙ C. neon lasers ∙ D. ruby lasers
Last Answer : liquid lasers
Description : Which of the following factor does not harm laser efficiency? ∙ a. Atmospheric absorption ∙ b. Excitation energy not absorbed ∙ c. Problems in depopulating the lower laser level ∙ d. Inefficiency in populating the upper laser level
Last Answer : ∙ a. Atmospheric absorption
Description : Which light emitter is preferred for high-speed data in a fiber-optic system? ∙ A. incandescent ∙ B. LED ∙ C. neon ∙ D. laser
Last Answer : D. laser
Description : Which light emitter is preferred for high speed data in a fiber-optic system ∙ a. Incandescent ∙ b. LED ∙ c. Neon ∙ d. Laser
Last Answer : ∙ d. Laser
Description : Which laser emits light in the visible range 400 to 700 nm? a. Argon-ion b. Nitrogen c. Carbon-dioxide d. Neodymium-YAG
Description : Type of lasers that use solid, cylindrical crystals such as ruby ∙ A. solid lasers ∙ B. ILD ∙ C. gas lasers ∙ D. liquid lasers
Last Answer : ∙ A. solid lasers
Description : Type of lasers that are made from semiconductor ph-junctions commonly called ILDs ∙ A. semiconductor lasers ∙ B. liquid lasers ∙ C. plasma lasers ∙ D. gas lasers
Last Answer : semiconductor lasers
Description : The time it takes a light induced carrier travel across the depletion region of the semiconductor. ∙ A. dispersion ∙ B. response time ∙ C. irradiance ∙ D. transit time
Last Answer : D. transit time
Description : They wrote a paper describing how it was possible to use stimulated emission for amplifying light waves (laser) as well as microwaves (maser). ∙ A. Theodore Maiman ∙ B. KC Kao and GA Bockham ∙ C. Charles Townes and Arthur Schawlow ∙ D. Kapron, Keck and Maurer
Last Answer : C. Charles Townes and Arthur Schawlow
Description : Human laser was developed by A. Javen at Bell laboratory in ∙ a. 1960 ∙ b. 1962 ∙ c. 1963 ∙ d. 1964
Last Answer : a. 1960
Description : Coherence of laser light is important for _________ ∙ a. Light propagation ∙ b. Getting laser light to pass through air ∙ c. Drilling holes ∙ d. Holography
Last Answer : d. Holography
Description : What is used to block light from a laser and let other light through ∙ a. Neutral density ∙ b. Color ∙ c. Interference ∙ d. Spatial
Last Answer : ∙ c. Interference
Description : Laser light is very bright because it is ∙ a. Pure ∙ b. White ∙ c. Coherent ∙ d. Monochromatic
Last Answer : c. Coherent
Description : The laser frequency when the light has the wavelength 800 nm is ∙ a. 375 x 1012 Hz ∙ b. 475 x 1015 Hz ∙ c. 375 x 109 Hz ∙ d. 375 x 1018 Hz
Last Answer : d. 375 x 1018 Hz
Description : Which of the following is used as an optical receiver in fiber optics communications ∙ a. APD ∙ b. Tunnel diode ∙ c. Laser diode ∙ d. LED
Last Answer : a. APD
Description : The first laser emitted ∙ a. Pulses of 694 nm red light ∙ b. A continuous red beam ∙ c. Pulses of white light from a helical flash lamp ∙ d. Spontaneous emission
Last Answer : ∙ a. Pulses of 694 nm red light
Description : Which of the following contributes to the broadening of laser emission bandwidth? ∙ a. Doppler shift of moving atoms and molecules ∙ b. Amplification within the laser medium ∙ c. Coherence of the laser light ∙ d. Optical pumping of the laser transition
Last Answer : Doppler shift of moving atoms and molecules
Description : Which is the proper measurement of average power emitted by a pulsed laser? ∙ a. Energy x time ∙ b. Pulse energy x repetition rate ∙ c. Pulse energy / repetition rate ∙ d. Peak power x pulse length
Last Answer : ∙ b. Pulse energy x repetition rate
Description : A dielectric waveguide for the propagation of electromagnetic energy at light frequencies ∙ a. Stripline ∙ b. Microstrip ∙ c. Laser beam ∙ d. Fiber optics
Last Answer : d. Fiber optics
Description : Laser light is ______ emission. ∙ a. Coherent ∙ b. Stimulated ∙ c. Spontaneous ∙ d. Coherent and stimulated
Last Answer : ∙ d. Coherent and stimulated
Description : What generates a light beam of a specific visible frequency? ∙ a. Laser ∙ b. Maser ∙ c. Infrared ∙ d. Flashlight
Last Answer : ∙ a. Laser
Description : The energy of the photon is ∙ a. Directly proportional to its bandwidth ∙ b. Directly proportional to the Planck’s constant ∙ c. Directly proportional to Boltzmann’s constant ∙ d. Inversely proportional to the Planck’s constant
Last Answer : Directly proportional to the Planck’s constant
Description : Common type of Laser used in physics laboratories is a) hydrogen neon Laser b) helium-neon Laser c) carbon neon Laser d) argon neon laser
Last Answer : b) helium-neon Laser
Description : In Helium-neon Laser discharge tube, neon gas is a) 85% b) 15% c) 75% d) 45%
Last Answer : b) 15%
Description : In Helium-neon Laser, in meta stable state, helium is located at the energy level: a) 20.66 eV b) 20.77 eV c) 20.61 eV d) 20.71 eV
Last Answer : c) 20.61 eV
Description : In Helium-neon Laser discharge tube, helium gas is a) 15% b) 85% c) 75% d) 35%
Last Answer : b) 85%
Description : What is the wavelength of red light emitted by a helium-neon laser? w) 122 nanometers x) 633 nanometers y) 2.43 picometers z) 1.37 micrometers
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- 633 NANOMETERS (actually 632.8 nm)
Description : Which type of fiber-optic cable is the most widely used? ∙ A. single-mode step-index ∙ B. multimode step-index ∙ C. single-mode graded index ∙ D. multimode graded index
Last Answer : B. multimode step-index
Description : Which of the following is not a common type of fiber-optic cable? ∙ A. single-mode step-index ∙ B. multimode graded-index ∙ C. single-mode graded-index ∙ D. multimode step-index
Last Answer : . single-mode graded-index
Description : Which type of fiber optic cable is best for very high speed data? ∙ A. single-mode step-index ∙ B. multimode step-index ∙ C. single-mode graded-index ∙ D. multimode graded-index
Last Answer : A. single-mode step-index
Description : Type of bend that occurs as a result of differences in thermal contraction rates between the core and the cladding material. ∙ A. Macrobending ∙ B. Microbending ∙ C. Quad bending ∙ D. Constant-radius bending
Last Answer : B. Microbending
Description : Which type of fiber-optic cable has the least modal dispersion? ∙ A. single-mode step-index ∙ B. multimode step-index ∙ C. single-mode graded-index ∙ D. multimode graded-index
Description : A type of index of an optical fiber that has no cladding and whose central core has a non-uniform refractive index. ∙ A. graded index ∙ B. multimode ∙ C. single mode ∙ D. step-index
Last Answer : ∙ A. graded index
Description : A type of index profile of an optical fiber that has a central core and outside cladding with a uniform refractive index ∙ A. multimode ∙ B. graded index ∙ C. step-index ∙ D. single mode
Last Answer : ∙ C. step-index
Description : Which type of fiber-optic cable has the least modal dispersion? ∙ a. Single mode step-index ∙ b. Multimode step-index ∙ c. Single-mode graded-index ∙ d. Multimode graded-index
Last Answer : ∙ a. Single mode step-index
Description : Which type of fiber-optic cable is the best for very high speed data? ∙ a. Single-mode step-index ∙ b. Multimode step-index ∙ c. Single-mode graded-index ∙ d. Multimode graded-index
Last Answer : a. Single-mode step-index
Description : Which type of fiber optic cable is most widely used? ∙ a. Single-mode step-index ∙ b. Multimode step-index ∙ c. Single-mode graded-index ∙ d. Multimode graded-index
Description : Which of the following is not a common type of fiber-optic cable? ∙ a. Single-mode step-index ∙ b. Multimode graded-index ∙ c. Single-mode graded-index ∙ d. Multimode step-index
Last Answer : ∙ a. Single-mode step-index
Description : What type of fiber has the highest modal dispersion? ∙ a. Step-index multimode ∙ b. Graded index multimode ∙ c. Step-index single mode ∙ d. Graded index mode
Last Answer : a. Step-index multimode
Description : What is the insertion loss of connector-type splices for a single mode fiber optics? ∙ a. 0.51 dB ∙ b. 0.31 dB ∙ c. 0.49 dB ∙ d. 0.38 dB
Last Answer : d. 0.38 dB
Description : The term dispersion describes the process of ∙ A. separating light into its component frequencies ∙ B. reflecting light from a smooth surface ∙ C. the process by which light is absorbed by an uneven rough surface ∙ D. light scattering
Last Answer : A. separating light into its component frequencies
Description : Dark current in light detectors is caused by ∙ a. Thermally generated carriers in the diode ∙ b. The absence of light input ∙ c. Small leakage current ∙ d. Its imperfection
Last Answer : a. Thermally generated carriers in the diode
Description : The real image formed by a spherical mirror is ____ relative to its object ∙ a. Erect ∙ b. Inverted ∙ c. Smaller ∙ d. Larger
Last Answer : d. Larger
Description : An object nearer to a converging lens than its focal point always has a/an ______ image. ∙ a. Inverted ∙ b. The same in size ∙ c. Virtual ∙ d. Smaller size
Last Answer : c. Virtual
Description : An object farther from a converging lens than its focal point always has a/an _____ image. ∙ a. Inverted ∙ b. The same in size ∙ c. Virtual ∙ d. Smaller size
Last Answer : a. Inverted