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Maser Emission

Maser Emission is a radiative process in which stimulated emission of coherent electromagnetic radiation occurs at microwave wavelengths due to population inversion in molecular or atomic energy levels under non-thermal equilibrium conditions.

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Maser Radiation

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One-Atom Maser

Dieter Meschede, H. Walther, G. Müller · Physical Review Letters · 1985 · 1.2K citations

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INFRARED AND OPTICAL MASERS

Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers · 1961 · 843 citations

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Population Inversion and Continuous Optical Maser Oscillation in a Gas Discharge Containing a He-Ne Mixture

A. Javan, William R. Bennett, D. R. Herriott · Physical Review Letters · 1961 · 819 citations · Full text

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Theory of Phonon-Terminated Optical Masers

D. E. McCumber · Physical Review · 1964 · 774 citations

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Quantum Theory of an Optical Maser. I. General Theory

Marlan O. Scully, Willis E. Lamb · Physical Review · 1967 · 689 citations

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  1. KM
    K. M. Menten

    Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Germany

    103 publications · 6.1K citations

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  2. JM
    J. M. Moran

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    46 publications · 2.9K citations

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    M. J. Reid

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    51 publications · 2.9K citations

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  4. SP
    S. P. Ellingsen

    University of Tasmania, Australia

    53 publications · 2.5K citations

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    P. J. Diamond

    SKA Observatory, United Kingdom

    31 publications · 1.9K citations

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  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    60 h-index

    318 publications

    20.4K citations

  2. National Radio Astronomy Observatory

    Charlottesville, United States

    53 h-index

    300 publications

    15.3K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

    Bonn, Germany

    51 h-index

    429 publications

    21K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    39 h-index

    138 publications

    9.4K citations

  5. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    38 h-index

    160 publications

    6.5K citations

  6. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    38 h-index

    257 publications

    12.3K citations

  7. Australia Telescope National Facility

    Sydney, Australia

    38 h-index

    197 publications

    8.9K citations

  8. SKA Observatory

    Macclesfield, United Kingdom

    35 h-index

    126 publications

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 514 publications · 24.2K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    266 publications · 12.2K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    173 publications · 6.8K citations

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  4. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

    39 publications · 2.7K citations

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  5. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 34 publications · 5.1K citations

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