1. In stimulated emission, an atom in an excited state can be induced to de-excite to a lower energy state by emitting a photon if an identical or unidentical photon passes the atom. State whether this statement is TRUE or FALSE; Justify your answer.

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1. In stimulated emission, an atom in an excited state can be induced to de-excite to a
lower energy state by emitting a photon if an identical or unidentical photon passes
the atom. State whether this statement is TRUE or FALSE; Justify your answer.
Transcribed Image Text:1. In stimulated emission, an atom in an excited state can be induced to de-excite to a lower energy state by emitting a photon if an identical or unidentical photon passes the atom. State whether this statement is TRUE or FALSE; Justify your answer.
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When a photon of energy E=hυ is incident to a particle that are situated at the excited state with a certain probability, then the particle drop in to a lower energy state by emission of a second photon. The frequency, phase, direction and polarization of emitted photon is same with the incident photon. This process is called stimulated emission.

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