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A maser is a device that produces maser beams coherent electromagnetic waves through amplification due to stimulated emission. Historically the term came from the acronym "microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation", although modern masers emit over a broad portion of the maser amplifier electromagnetic spectrum. This oh maser has lead some to replace "microwave" with "molecular" in the acronym, as suggested by Townes [1]. When optical coherent oscillators were first developed, they were called optical masers, but it has become more common to refer to these as lasers. See the section on terminology below for shirley maser more on this.
HistoryTheoretically, the principle of the maser vremya ''inventing the maser in postwar america'' forman maser was described by Nikolay Basov and Alexander cryogenic hydrogen maser Prokhorov from Lebedev Institute of Physics at an All-Union Conference on Radio-Spectroscopy held by USSR Academy of Sciences active hydrogen maser in May 1952. They subsequently published their results in October 1954. Independently, Charles H. Townes, J. P. Gordon, and H. J. Zeiger built the first maser at Columbia University in 1953. The device used stimulated emission in a stream of energised ammonia dominique maser molecules to produce amplification of microwaves at a frequency of 24 gigahertz. Townes later worked with Arthur L. Schawlow to describe the principle of the optical maser, or laser, which Theodore H. Maiman first demonstrated in 1960. For their research in this field Townes, Basov and Prokhorov were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964. UsesMasers serve as high precision frequency references, as, for example in an atomic clock. They are also used as electronic amplifiers in radio telescopes. For more information about frequency reference masers, see atomic clock. Another example is given by telescopic masers, which may use arrays of chromium atoms in an insulating aluminium oxide crystal boys maser baiting as amplifiers, pumping the energy in at a different radio frequency. That is, they use polished strips of synthetic ruby. As the input signal comes in, a gold comb (made of gold because it is slow to corrode and change shape) distributes the signal along the strip of polished ruby. As the radio wave moves through the crystal, it knocks electrons into different atomic orbitals. As the electrons move to their new lower energy orbits, they add to the wave that knocked them down, leading to a population inversion. The comb-fingers are spaced so that the desired radio waves add together as they move down the crystal. This means that unwanted radio waves will not add together, and are therefore filtered out, leading to a highly coherent induced emission. An example of a maser which operates in the radio frequency range of the spectrum, is the spin-exchange passive hydrogen maser Zeeman maser. Here, coupled spins from different atoms can exchange (ie. sometimes from the electronic to the nuclear) in order to generate a maser realty coherency in the system that radiates in, for example, the VLF region of the electromagnetic spectrum. These types of masers are sometimes called rf-lasers or rasers for short (though most often simply called masers). See [2] for gary maser an expansive list neuchatel maser of articles on masers. Masers patrick how to use norton rescue disc to fix maser boot record maser are roger maser also currently being studied by the United States Military as a form of vehicle-mounted riot control device. A maser can be used what is a maser to heat up water molecules in the skin, producing a burning sensation without causing permanent damage, unless concentrated on a target for an extended period of time. TechnologyThere are a number of types of masers. Generally one can break these down into type as the gas masers, solid masers, and as yet only hypothesized liquid masers. In each of these categories there don maser san marcos are many different subtypes; for example, solid state masers come in a number bryan maser of varieties; such as two level solid state masers, and three level cavity masers. In operation, some masers use liquid helium for cooling to temperatures around 4 kelvins. This reduces the noise from vibrating electrons, nuclei, and other maser weaponplans charged particles. Several different chemicals are capable of masing. These include water (H2O), hydroxyl ion (HO−), ammonia (NH3), methanol (CH3OH), formaldehyde (CH2O), silicon monoxide (SiO), and the hydrogen ion (H+). The dual noble gas maser [3] is an example maser of a masing medium which laser diode pumped rubidium maser frequencies is nonpolar. Masers in NatureMasers also occur in nature in interstellar space. Water molecules in star-forming regions can undergo a population inversion and emit radiation at 22 GHz, creating the brightest spectral line in the radio universe. Some water masers also emit radiation from a vibrational mode at 96 GHz. TerminologyThe meaning of the term maser has changed slightly since its introduction. Initially the acronym was universally given as "microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation," which described devices which emitted in the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The principle of stimulated emission has since been extended to more devices and frequencies, kvarz maser and so the original acronym is sometimes modified, as suggested by Charles H. Townes [4], to "molecular amplification jenna maser by stimulated emission of radiation." Molecular is used here in the sense of kinetic theory, where the pyramids as maser design base element of a kinetic phase conjugate maser system is a molecule, even aaron maser if it happens to be monatomic. This should not be confused with the usage of the term in the molecular sciences, where it refers to a bound state comprising two or more atoms. Initially, visible light oscillators based on stimulated emission were called optical masers, but this terminology has become uncommon. It is more conventional now to refer to devices that emit in the X-ray through infrared portions of the spectrum as lasers, and devices that emit in the microwave region and below as masers. There is some debate over whether maser or laser is bridge to excellence maser plan handbook maryland the correct generic term for all devices that produce coherent electromagnetic brian maser waves through stimulated emission. Distinct names have been proposed for devices that emit in each portion of the spectrum, including grasers (gamma ray lasers), xasers (x-ray lasers), uvasers (ultraviolet lasers), chemical maser lasers (visible lasers), irasers (infrared lasers), masers (microwave masers), and rasers (rf masers). Most of these terms never caught on, however. All but maser, laser, and raser are now obsolete, and the latter is uncommon. In the study of astrophysics, cari maser a maser usually refers specifically to a device that emits microwave radiation. Masers in Science FictionMasers are the most recognizable weapon in the Godzilla movie monster series as well as Toho's other monster movies. Maser tanks are often deployed against monsters. The maser tank fires a bolt of electricity, presumably created by amplified microwaves. efos-c maser As in most science fiction, the water maser science behind the maser tank is dubious and not supported by real world physics. The maser tank is also present as a unit in Outpost 2. It is one of the josh maser fighting weaker units. In the film Batman Begins (2005), the diode pumped rubidium maser laser frequencies villain Ra's Al Ghul tries to destroy Gotham City using a device he refers to as a "focused microwave emitter," which seems to be some sort of maser. Arvin maser output power laser diode pumped frequencies Sloane refers to a Maser in the show Alias, Season 3, Episode 7 during a private meeting with the CIA. External links
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