Article ID: CBB275173364

Coherence and Noise in the Era of the Maser (2015)

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It is a commonplace for historians to write that physicists came out of their World War II radar experience with microwave engineering superadded to their knowledge of quantum physics. But what exactly was the content of this new amalgam? How fully was it achieved and by what processes? Publications from the 1950s by four American physicists, Charles Townes, Joseph Weber, Robert Dicke, and Israel Senitzky show that the amalgamation of physics and microwave engineering was far from complete, that it was stimulated by new instrumentation, and that part of the process entailed a re-thinking of the concepts of coherence and noise.

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Authors & Contributors
Bijsterveld, Karin
Charles Dick
Holmes, Jamie
Stefano Gottardo
Wolverton, Mark
Olson, Steve
Concepts
Physics
Technology
World War II
Engineering
Noise and noise abatement
Inventors and invention
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
19th century
17th century
Places
United States
Germany
Europe
England
New York City (New York, U.S.)
North America
Institutions
Hanford Nuclear Site (Washington)
Columbia University (New York City)
Tuxedo Park (N.Y.)
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