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Optical Pumping of a Ruby Laser Is Achieved Using Photons

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Optical pumping of a ruby laser is achieved using photons of energy 2.25 eV. The laser light consists of photons of energy 1.79 eV, emitted in a transition that goes to ground. What is the energy of the transition from the pumped stated to the metastable state?


A) 2.25 eV
B) 1.79 eV
C) 4.04 eV
D) 0.46 eV
E) 1.30 eV

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