Using young's double slit experiment

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can it be possible that using young's double slit experiment or by any metod on converging and magnifying the intensity of microwaves it can give same effect as LASER
 
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hell_demon said:
can it be possible that using young's double slit experiment or by any metod on converging and magnifying the intensity of microwaves it can give same effect as LASER

Consider how small those slits would need to be... that said... if you COULD do that, yes, but why? a LASER vs. a MASER is a matter of wavelength along the EM spectrum.
 


jtbell said:
The first devices that performed "amplification by stimulated emission of radiation" did in fact operate in the microwave band. Masers came before lasers.

In double-slit experiments?!
 


i meant better than laser in the way of reaching it's maximum functionality in the time period less then the laser and might have more efficiency/intensity then laser.
 


hell_demon said:
i meant better than laser in the way of reaching it's maximum functionality in the time period less then the laser and might have more efficiency/intensity then laser.

Boy, how does the functionality of an interference device relate to the functionality of a laser? One is a passive bit of geometry and the other is an amplifying device.
 


jtbell said:
The first devices that performed "amplification by stimulated emission of radiation" did in fact operate in the microwave band. Masers came before lasers.

I have a mongraph on my shelves, from the 60s, entitled "Optical Masers" by O S Heavens