Title: | Solid state organic (pheromone-beeswax) far infrared maser |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1559-128X (Print) 1559-128X (Linking) |
Abstract: | "A low energy solid state organic maser was constructed from beeswax doped with 100 microg of cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni (Hubner), pheromone (sex scent). Maserlike wavelengths were emitted in the 17-microm region. The wavelength fits the 1-2-wavelengths criterion for open dielectric waveguides of the same range as the type 1 (30-57-microm) cabbage looper sensilla trichodea. The wavelength shifted from 16.81 microm to 17.39 microm over a half-hour time period. The log periodic shift of wavelengths is temperature dependent and not concentration dependent, since the concentration of pheromone is fixed within the beeswax" |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINECallahan, P S eng 1977/06/01 Appl Opt. 1977 Jun 1; 16(6):1557-62. doi: 10.1364/AO.16.001557" |