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The units of gain and number of atoms in population inversion in a laser
I am following my university course notes on amplification in laser media, and have come across expressions for the gain of a medium, but the notes are not exactly rigorous... The expression given for ...
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What physical quantity has SI unit $\mathrm{kg}/\mathrm{m}$?
What physical quantity has SI unit $\mathrm{kg}/\mathrm{m}$?
For example, the physical quantity with SI unit $\mathrm{kg}\cdot\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s}^2$ is force $F$ and the physical quantity with SI ...
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What is the logarithm of a kilometer? Is it a dimensionless number?
In log-plots a quantity is plotted on a logarithmic scale. This got me thinking about what the logarithm of a unit actually is.
Suppose I have something with length $L = 1 km$.
$\lg L = \lg km$
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