Molecular Spectroscopy: A Physical Chemist’s Perspective

Assignment 5: Rabi oscillation, Lasers and laser spectroscopy

One or more options may be correct for the following statement. Find them.

1. In order to get a good spectrum,

(A) speed of acquisition should be fast (B) averaging time should be long

(C) slit width should be small (D) concentration should be extremely high

2. Time to break a bond typically is 100-200

(A) attosecond (B) femtosecond

(C) picosecond (D) nanosecond

3. Two level systems cannot be used to make lasers because

(A) energy gap between them is always too large (B) population inversion cannot be achieved
(C) high temperature is required for population inversion (D) energy gap between them is always too small

4. For a two level system, the ratio of populations of the higher and lower energy states must be equal to or lesser
than

(A) 0.5 (B)1.0

(C) 1.5 (D) 2.0

5. A, B are Einstein coefficients of spontaneous and stimulated emission. kNR is the nonradiative decay rate constant.
Lifetime of an excited state, after light is switched off, is the inverse of

(A) A+B+kNR (B) A+B

(C) B+kNR (D) A+ kNR

6. A laser spectrometer has superior resolution than an ordinary spectrometer because laser light is

(A)Pulsed (B) Coherent

(C) highly monochromatic (D) intense

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7. In order to get femtosecond resolution in a pump probe experiment, the pitch of the screw, on which the
translation stage is mounted, has to move with a resolution of

(A) millimeter (B) micrometer

(C) nanometer (D) Angstorm

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