spaser

English

Etymology

Acronym for "surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation"; compare laser. The phenomenon was first described by Bergman and Stockman in 2003, and the first such device was announced in 2009.

Noun

spaser (plural spasers)

1. (physics) The nanoplasmonic counterpart of a laser; a nanoscale source of optical fields with potential uses in nanoscale lithography, probing and microscopy.

Anagrams

• parses, sarpes, repass, Speras, spaers, Aspers, Serpas, prases, Spares, Spears, aspers, Arpses, Presas, presas, passer, spears, sparse, spares

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

spaser

1. imperative of spasere