Lasers 1 Flashcards
Giving off different wavelength than absorbed
Fluorescence
1st dedicated Laser for dental application
Nd-Yag
LASER
Light
Amplification
Stimulated
Emission
Radiation
LED, no
heat
White light
Laser light
everywhere
coherent
Laser light is one
color
Monochromatic
collimated
coherent
laser
Quantum:
photon
photon stimulate atom to emit other photons
Einstein
lasers are one color, colliated, and coherent
True
Spontaneous emmision
Stimulated emission:
no coherency photon randomly released
induced
Spontaneous is random
True
A state in which a substance has been energized or excited to SPECIFIC energy levels
*more atoms/higher excited state
Population Inversion
Population inversion, aka…
pumping
Amplification associated with…
population inversion
Radiation: ionizing
non-ionizing
enough energy to break away from atom
excitation, not breaking away (lasers)
horizontal distance of measurement
wavelength
wavelength measurement
microns
height of wave, equivalent to energy
amplitude
Amplitude is equivalent to…
energy
For a particular laser the horizontal width will always be the same
True
shortest wavelengths, highest amplitude
gamma
Dental lasers operate where
Infrared
Gas or solid
active medium
*emits
Pumping
mirror
external energy
reflection
what gives laser generic name?
Active medium
Rapidly flashing lamp or electrical current field:
Pumping mechanisms
Control panel, delivery system, footswitch
all dental lasers have
modes of operation:
continuous
pulsed
optical fibers, hollow waveguide, articulated arm
delivery
pure photon energy has a max effective distance
True
*this is bell-shap multi-mode
Laser tissue interaction:
reflect
absorb
transmit
scatter
transmit in non-ionizing
nothing happens
scattering
may cause collateral
why use quickly