Maser - Wikipedia
WEBA maser is a device that produces coherent electromagnetic waves ( microwaves ), through amplification by stimulated emission. The term is an acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
Maser | Microwave Amplification & Applications | Britannica
WEBmaser, device that produces and amplifies electromagnetic radiation in the microwave range of the spectrum. The first maser was built by the American physicist Charles H. Townes. Its name is an acronym for “microwave amplification by …
What is a MASER? - Stanford University
WEBBasically, a man-made MASER is a device that sets up a series of atoms or molecules and excites them to generate the chain reaction, or amplification, of photons. Metastable emission states make MASERs and LASERs possible.
Physics - Invention of the Maser and Laser
WEBJan 27, 2005 · The maser–the name stands for “microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation”–in turn depended on an insight that came from Albert Einstein almost 40 years earlier.
First Practical Maser (Microwave Laser) Is Built
WEBAug 16, 2012 · First Practical Maser (Microwave Laser) Is Built. The physics achievement fulfills 60 years of promise and could revolutionize communication and space exploration. By Geoff Brumfiel of Nature...
A diamond age of masers - Nature
WEB21 March 2018. A diamond age of masers. Applications for masers — the microwave equivalent of lasers — have been hindered by their extreme operating conditions and the inability to produce...
Masers made easy | Nature
WEBAug 15, 2012 · One of the earliest methods for amplifying faint signals in the microwave range, and still the best one, is based on the use of a maser — a device that performs 'microwave amplification by...
maser summary | Britannica
WEBmaser , Device that produces and amplifies electromagnetic radiation in the microwave range of the spectrum. The first maser was built in 1951 by Charles H. Townes. Its name is an acronym for “microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.”
Microwave laser fulfills 60 years of promise | Nature
WEBAug 15, 2012 · The room-temperature maser relies on a crystal of organic molecules excited with an optical laser. Credit: NPL. Before there were lasers, there were microwave lasers, or masers. First conceived...
Masers | SpringerLink
WEBDefinition. An astrophysical MASER (Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is a source of stimulated spectral line emission.
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