different between micromaser vs microlaser

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micro- +? maser

micromaser (plural micromasers)

From micro- +? laser.

microlaser (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to the use of lasers on very small scales.
The surgeon used microlaser techniques to repair the damage.

microlaser (plural microlasers)

A microscopic laser, typically a few microns in size.
- 1999, Michio Kaku, Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the Twenty-first Century, Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 288,
  In 1989, the first dramatic demonstration of a microlaser was successfully performed by scientists based primarily at Bell Labs; they were able to manufacture one million lasers on a tiny chip smaller than a fingernail.

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