Room-temperature solid-state maser

Nature

Volumn 488, Issue 7411, 2012, Pages 353-356

  Oxborrow, Mark ^a   Breeze, Jonathan D ^b   Alford, Neil M ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

BIOASSAY; ELECTRON; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT EFFECT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AIR; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID STATE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84865121153     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11339     Document Type: Review

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