In reply to leaking pen's message of Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:51:32 -0700: Hi, [snip] >no, its a beam of em radiation in the microwave band similar to a laser.
You missed the "of sound" bit. AFAIK there is no such thing for sound, because there is no way of storing sound energy at the atomic level, hence no inverted populations can be created, and therefore no stimulated emission is possible. > >On 11/28/05, thomas malloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Is a maser a beam of sound similar to al laser? >> >> >> --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- >> http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! --- >> >> Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition provides the motivation, Cooperation provides the means.
