Electron stimulated optical maser

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AN ELECTRON STIMULATED OPTICAL MASER FOR AMPLIFYING ENERGY WHEN SUPPLIED WITH PUMPING ENERGY FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY COMPRISING: (A) AN EVACUATED CHAMBER (B) SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL CHARACTERIZED BY HAVING AT LEAST TWO ENERGY LEVELS DISPOSED IN SAID CHAMBER, SAID SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL HAVING FIRST AND SECOND FACES, SAID FACES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL, (C) A FIRST COATING OF A REFLECTIVE MATERIAL ON THE FIRST OF SAID FACES FOR TOTALLY REFLECTING ENERGY RADIATED BY SAID SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL, (D) A SECOND COATING OF A PARTIALLY REFLECTIVE MATERIAL ON THE SECOND OF SAID FACES FOR PARTIALLY REFLECTING AND PARTIALLY TRANSMITTING SAID RADIATED ENERGY, SAID SECOND REFLECTIVE COATING BEING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE EXTERNAL SOURCE WHEREBY SAID SECOND REFLECTIVE COATING ACTS AS AN ANODE, AND (E) AN ELECTRON GUN DISPOSED IN SAID CHAMBER AND CONNECTED TO THE EXTERNAL SOURCE FOR DIRECTING AN ELECTRON BEAM AGAINST SAID FIRST COAT OF REFLECTIVE MATERIAL, SAID BEAM HAVING SUFFICIENT ENERGY AND BEING OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO PENETRATE SAID FIRST COAT OF REFLECTIVE MATERIAL, THEREBY PUMPING SAID SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL TO PRODUCE A POPULATION INVERSION BETWEEN TWO SEPARATEAD EVERY LEVELS.