Abstract
A low energy solid state organic maser was constructed from beeswax doped with 100 μg of cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni (Hübner), pheromone (sex scent). Maserlike wavelengths were emitted in the 17-μm region. The wavelength fits the 1–2-wavelengths criterion for open dielectric waveguides of the same range as the type 1 (30–57-μm) cabbage looper sensilla trichodea. The wavelength shifted from 16.81 μm to 17.39 μm 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.
© 1977 Optical Society of America
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