DocumentCode
847907
Title
Masers and millimeter waves
Author
Barnes, Frank S.
Author_Institution
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.
Volume
51
Issue
1
fYear
1963
Firstpage
115
Lastpage
119
Abstract
The characteristics of a number of different kinds of masers are reviewed to estimate their usefulness in the region between one and a tenth millimeter. An estimate of the maximum power output for these systems is made and compared with the output to be expected from mixing two optical signals in a nonlinear dielectric and on a photocathode. Additionally, the noise characteristics of maser amplifiers are briefly reviewed for this region of the spectrum.
Keywords
Atom optics; Atomic measurements; Energy states; Frequency estimation; Masers; Optical amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Resonance;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9219
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/PROC.1963.1666
Filename
1443596
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