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lasing

American  
[ley-zing] / ˈleɪ zɪŋ /

noun

Optics.
  1. the generation of coherent light by a laser.


Etymology

Origin of lasing

lase + -ing 1

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"Nanowires of layered perovskites could be readily assembled with tailorable lengths and high-quality cavities to provide an ideal platform to study lasing, light propagation and anisotropic excitonic behaviors in layered perovskites."

From Science Daily Jun. 6, 2024

Beijing was first caught by the U.S. military lasing an American spy satellite in 2006.

From Washington Times May 10, 2021

The reason laser output is so pure and coherent is based on how it is produced, which in turn depends on a metastable state in the lasing material.

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

In some types of conventional laser, the lasing medium degrades over time until it stops working properly.

From Science Magazine Jun. 12, 2011

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