6. a) What is the minimum pulse duration of a laser if the separation between the mirrors is 2 m and the length of the rod is 10 cm? Is the pulse separation.
7. The original ruby laser consisted of a 10 cm rod (medium), coated on one end with a 99.9% R mirror and on the other end with a 90% R mirror. Assuming that there is no excited state absorption (i.e., a=0) in the laser, calculate a) the fractional loss per pass in the laser cavity and b) the decay time of the cavity.
8. Calculate the maximum Q-switched power output from a Nd:YAG laser with t = 1.1 x 10^-sec if the mode occupies a diameter of 2 mm within the medium (Nd:YAG rod). The gain is 100 times the threshold value.