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• Light Amplification through Stimulated Emission of Radiation (Laser) — Лазер (генератор и усилитель когерентных световых колебаний); Квантовый усилитель …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

• light — light1 lightful, adj. lightfully, adv. /luyt/, n., adj., lighter, lightest, v., lighted or lit, lighting. n. 1. something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light. 2. Physics …   Universalium

• Stimulated emission — In optics, stimulated emission is the process by which an electron, perturbed by a photon having the correct energy, may drop to a lower energy level resulting in the creation of another photon. The perturbing photon is seemingly unchanged in the …   Wikipedia

• electromagnetic radiation — Physics. radiation consisting of electromagnetic waves, including radio waves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x rays, and gamma rays. [1950 55] * * * Energy propagated through free space or through a material medium in the form of… …   Universalium

• Laser — Лазер || лазерный; см. Light Amplification through Stimulated Emission of Radiation …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

• Laser — For other uses, see Laser (disambiguation). United States Air Force laser experiment …   Wikipedia

• laser — /lay zeuhr/, n. Physics. a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase. Also called optical maser. [1955 60; …   Universalium

• Maser — For other uses, see Maser (disambiguation). A hydrogen radio frequency discharge, the first element inside a hydrogen maser (see description below) A maser is a device that produces coherent electromagnetic waves through amplification by… …   Wikipedia

• maser — /may zeuhr/, n. a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation. Cf. laser. [1950 55; m(icrowave) a(mplification by) s(timulated) e(mission of) r(adiation)] * * * Device that produces and amplifies… …   Universalium

• Laser — A powerful beam of light that can produce intense heat when focused at close range. Lasers are used in medicine in microsurgery, cauterization, for diagnostic purposes, etc. For example, lasers are employed in microsurgery to cut tissue and… …   Medical dictionary

• List of astronomy acronyms — This is a compilation of acronyms commonly used in astronomy. Most of the acronyms are drawn from professional astronomy and are used quite frequently in scientific publications. However, a few of these acronyms are frequently used by the general …   Wikipedia