pulsed ruby laser

Device that produces a thin and very intense colored light beam; its various applications include fiber optics, manufacturing and surgery.

laser beam

Straight and powerful monochrome light beam that is emitted by the device.

cooling cylinder

Casing in which water generally circulates to cool the ruby cylinder, which becomes very hot as it produces the beam.

fully reflecting mirror

Reflects all the light energy toward the partially reflecting mirror. The reflection between the mirrors intensifies the light to form a highly concentrated beam.

reflecting cylinder

Laser’s metal casing whose inside is polished so that it reflects the light toward the ruby cylinder.

flash tube

Lamp that acts as an energy source by emitting a flash of white light, which excites the ruby atoms and causes them to emit photons.

partially reflecting mirror

Its partial transparency allows light beams to escape.

photon

Energy particle that emits the ruby-chromium atoms as they are excited by flashes in the tube.

ruby cylinder

Ruby bar (crystallized alumina) that contains chromium atoms. It has mirrors at each end, which form the amplification medium to produce the laser beam.