Question

What are the drawbacks of ruby laser?

Answer 1

Answer:

Drawbacks of ruby laser

• As the terminus of laser action is the ground state, it is difficult to maintain the population inversion. ...
• The ruby laser requires high power pumping source.
• The laser output is not continuous but occurs in the form of pulses of microsecond duration.
• The defects due to crystalline imperfection are also present in ruby laser.

Reference:

This article is referred from my authored book “optics and lasers” having ISBN 81-272-2948-2. In case of any doubt, post in the comment section.