Gamma, X, and Radio lasers?

Is this possible? (NOTE: I did not know where in the forum to put this in.)

ROFL. I believe a face palm is in order! Yes, gamma, x, and radio waves have wavelenghts. Go look up electromagnetic spectrum on wikipedia.

Well, at least x-rays "lasers" are technically not impossible (search XFEL) ..... all that what you need is an u.s. navy scentific lab and some millions of $ in tools and apparates ..... and a bunker made of lead (normal laser goggles are not enough ..... )

microwave laser?

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sorry captaindantheman it was just a joke :crackup:

oikos said:

microwave laser?

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sorry captaindantheman it was just a joke :crackup:

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lol long distance beverage :crackup:

kevinmassey said:

ROFL. I believe a face palm is in order! Yes, gamma, x, and radio waves have wavelenghts. Go look up electromagnetic spectrum on wikipedia.

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I looked up electromagnetic spectrum on wikipedia thanks for the advise they do have wavelengths but what I meant was output. Would they have an output?

The main problem is that you cannot build it "pocket-size" (well, at least a 4,3Km installation is not exactly that what i call "pocket-size" ..... )

The European X-Ray Laser Project XFEL

kevinmassey said:

ROFL. I believe a face palm is in order! Yes, gamma, x, and radio waves have wavelenghts. Go look up electromagnetic spectrum on wikipedia.

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I'll just make it short:

Gamma = nope, optical structure impossible to make with 2010 technology.

X-ray , huge supporting structure or use a nuclear bomb to pump, optics need to be 100-1000X more precise then visible light optics. A Xray simple lens is usually meters long.

Microwave = nope, always need a antenna or waveguide no matter what.

radio = no way.


Steve

Oh I wasn't saying yes that you could make lasers with those wavelengths. I was just simply saying they do have wavelengths.

wasn't a microwave laser (maser) invented before the laser?

michael?

chipdouglas said:

wasn't a microwave laser (maser) invented before the laser?

michael?

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A maser was indeed invented before the laser. A maser is a device that produces coherent electromagnetic waves through amplification by stimulated emission. Historically, “maser” derives from the original, upper-case acronym MASER (Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation). The lower-case usage arose from technological development having rendered the original denotation imprecise, because contemporary masers emit EM waves (microwave and radio frequencies) across a broader band of the electromagnetic spectrum; thus, the physicist Charles H. Townes’s suggested usage of “molecular” replacing “microwave”, for contemporary linguistic accuracy. In 1957, when the optical coherent oscillator was first developed, it was denominated optical maser, but usually called laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation), the acronym Gordon Gould established in 1957.

A hydrogen maser.

captaindantheman said:

A hydrogen maser.

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Well then that is a MASER not a LASER.