đź’ˇ Did you know…
… Lasers were originally called optical masers. “What’s a maser?” you ask…
Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation – MASER. Masers operated only at microwave wavelengths and were highly specialised devices with limited practical use. However, the underlying principle was revolutionary and has been expanded to over a thousand wavelengths of the radiation spectrum.
Masers are still used today in applications requiring ultra-low noise and frequency stability, such as atomic clocks and deep-space communication.
The lesson? Breakthrough technologies don’t always look disruptive at first. Today’s “niche” innovation may well be tomorrow’s enabling technology.
Find out how LumOptica can help you to both assess the feasibility of new technologies and to develop them into practical solutions.
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