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Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: Nemesis on August 18, 2012, 10:28:10 am

Title: Room temperature Maser
Post by: Nemesis on August 18, 2012, 10:28:10 am
Link to full article (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/16/boffin_builds_cool_maser/)

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An obscure Japanese research paper, some second-hand equipment on eBay, and a British scientist's argument with his wife have become the catalysts for creating the world's first room-temperature microwave laser. It's also around 100 million times more powerful than current models.


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Masers are rarely used these days, largely for practical reasons, since they require magnetic shielding and cryogenic temperatures to work.


Title: Re: Room temperature Maser
Post by: Sirgod on August 23, 2012, 04:39:27 pm
Oh but the hell they do on Godzilla!

Stephen