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9. Water "Laser"

A shallow water tank mechanically excited by a motor features some of the basic ingredients of a laser (i.e. a cavity and an amplifier). To what extent can this simple analogy capture more complex aspects of laser physics, such as spontaneous and stimulated emission, population inversion, Q switching, and others?

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