World’s first semiconductor maser (IMAGE)

University of Würzburg

World’s first semiconductor maser

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The maser principle: A laser excites quantum spin state in the semiconductor silicon carbide. In combination with a magnetic field and a resonator, this produces coherent microwave radiation – the basis of the world’s first semiconductor maser.

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Andreas Gottscholl & Andreas Sperlich / University of Würzburg

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