lase
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of lase
First recorded in 1960–65; back formation from laser
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But titanium-sapphire lasers struggle to achieve those energies because the big crystals needed for damage-free amplification tend to lase at right angles to the beam—thereby sapping energy from the pulses.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 24, 2018
The glass is doped with rare-earth atoms and when an external light source boosts enough of them into an excited state, the ring begins to lase at its own preferred frequency.
From US News ● Jun. 29, 2011
To lase, the GFP in the cells needed to be pumped with another laser, one that sends pulses of blue light at a low energy of about 1 nanojoule.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 12, 2011
Although Maiman's synthetic ruby was the first substance made to "lase," it was far from the last.
From Time Magazine Archive
After we parted you, Brian saw Mr. Dennis himself about the lase and memorandum, which he never denied, but knew nothing about.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 06 by Edgeworth, Maria
“After more than a year of fare sales, the airlines are lased focused on boosting their yields, which ultimately boils down to increased ticket prices,” explains Zach Griff.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2021
A payre of startups had he on his feete That lased were up to the small of the legge.
From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse
"This makes it much easier to achieve lasing," emphasizes Prof. Szczytko.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026
Beijing was first caught by the U.S. military lasing an American spy satellite in 2006.
From Washington Times ● May 10, 2021
Whereas Sagnac shone light into his experiment from an external source, the C-II's ring itself generated laser beams, its cavities filled with a lasing medium of neon and helium gas.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 20, 2017
We may find surprises analogous to lasing, the quantum Hall effect, and the quantization of magnetic flux.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
In lasing without inversion, two coupling lasers give ground-state atoms two paths to one higher energy level.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 9, 2012
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