These devices generate entities that are characterized in the FROG and SPIDER techniques. A technique using these devices was popularized by a paper on the dissociation of cyanogen iodide. The state of a reaction is studied using so-called “pumps” and “probes” supplied by these devices in a spectroscopy technique. That technique using these devices was pioneered by Ahmed Zewail in his study of (*) femtochemistry. In another technique, these devices are used on a sample to trigger desorption, after which the sample is ionized. That “matrix-assisted” technique using these devices is often paired with time-of-flight mass spectrometry and is called MALDI. These devices are used to move atoms and nanoparticles in optical tweezing. For 10 points, name these devices which emit a coherent beam of light. ■END■
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| Eric Mukherjee | Mike Dukakis Tank Battalion | Goober Gang | 28 | 15 |
| Vincent Du | 4 quizbowl pros go Virginia on North Carolina | Adrianne Lenker 4 Nobel Lit Prize 2K65 | 28 | 15 |
| Stan | Gruh | Free Agents 1 | 29 | -5 |
| Shahar Schwartz | Egypt Airlines Haters | 2 Italians, 2 Poles, All Noles | 33 | 15 |
| Daniel Sheinberg | Trip-Hop Quizzer Tricky | Four Generalists in Search of a Power | 40 | 15 |
| Bryan Ugaz | Arizona State University A | South Dakota School of Mines | 41 | -5 |
| Eugenia Tong | Imperial A | Sheffield B | 41 | 15 |
| Mason Yu | Brown | Belmont | 44 | 15 |
| Ameya Bhalerao | mongeese | Auburn 2026 | 44 | 15 |
| Calvin Bostleman | Ohio State A | Michigan B | 46 | 15 |
| Jason Cheng | P.C.‚ Daniel‚ Michel‚ and Jason B | Caltech | 47 | 15 |
| Braden Booth | Missouri | Illinois B | 47 | 15 |
| June Yin | WashU Squirtle | WashU Charmander | 48 | -5 |
| Parth Jagtap | Toronto A | Toronto E | 50 | 15 |
| Yashwanth Bajji | Michigan A | Ohio State D | 51 | 15 |
| Arjun Bothra | Haverford A | NYU A | 52 | 15 |
| Cade Reinberger | RIT | Lexington | 58 | 15 |
| Daniel Hothem | Monsieur Hulot's Academic Team | MSJ | 63 | 10 |
| Sky Hong | we need new names | Quatumvirate | 63 | 10 |
| Joy An | Harvard | MIT | 65 | 10 |
| Vikshar Athreya | Rutgers | NYU C | 66 | -5 |
| Benjamin Chapman | Toronto B | Waterloo C | 66 | 10 |
| Andrew Nucci | UCLA B | Art of Premature Signaling | 68 | 10 |
| Chris Yoo | Mahjonng Masters | evil women enjoyers | 76 | 10 |
| Caleb Ott | Waterloo B | Toronto D | 81 | 10 |
| Samarth Ram | Chicago B | WashU Bulbasaur | 81 | 10 |
| Anne Fjeld | Alberta | UW B | 82 | 10 |
| Jacob Finley | Notre Dame + Epic Games | Illinois Orange | 82 | 10 |
| Ella Tang | McGill B | Simon Fraser | 84 | 10 |
| Arthur Gayden | Chicago A | Truman State | 84 | 10 |
| Bill Zhao | Keeping Up With the Cardassians | Billy's Bastion | 85 | 10 |
| Joshua Delfin | UCSD | UCLA A | 88 | -5 |
| Chris Levesley | Warwick A | Warwick B | 90 | 10 |
| Ian Chang | Carleton | Washington Connections | 93 | -5 |
| Fish Tsai | girl 15 whale i mean they | Claremont A | 94 | -5 |
| Maximilian Niebur | Johns Hopkins A | George Mason A | 95 | 10 |
| Yaj Jhajhria | UW A | Arizona State University B | 95 | -5 |
| Yusuf Baig | Mac A | Toronto C | 99 | -5 |
| Kai Madgwick | Manchester | Warwick C | 99 | 10 |
| Michael Hunding | Illinois A | Illinois C | 99 | 10 |
| CT Tang | Lancaster + Sheffield C | Sheffield C | 99 | -5 |
| Conor Thompson | Iowa State | SIUE | 100 | 10 |
| Jim Fan | Master and Margaritaville | Ashurbanipal’s Drag Race | 101 | -5 |
| Ariel Faeder | Pittsburgh | Michigan D | 111 | 10 |
| Annika Larson | Claremont B | UCSB | 111 | 10 |
| Graham Cope | Too much from you lately | Project2025BC: Make Assyria Great Again | 111 | 10 |
| Liam Kusalik | Waterloo A | Ottawa A | 114 | 10 |
| Cole Hartung | Georgetown | Catholic University of America | 114 | 10 |
| Abdelrahman Elsisi | Sheffield A | Imperial B | 114 | 10 |
| Joyann Hua | UBC | McGill A | 118 | 10 |
| Isaac Mammel | Maryland A | Haverford B | 121 | 10 |
| Akshay Seetharam | Claremont A | girl 15 whale i mean they | 122 | 10 |
| Andy Huff | LSE | Cambridge | 122 | 10 |
| Eren Michelet | BU | Brandeis | 124 | 10 |
| Luis D'Olhaberriague | George Washington | NYU B | 124 | 10 |
| Padraig Finan | Washington Connections | Carleton | 124 | 10 |
| Ted Harrison | Edinburgh | Birmingham | 124 | 10 |
| Eric Anderson | South Dakota School of Mines | Arizona State University A | 124 | 10 |
| Jack van Nostrand | Toronto Metropolitan | Guelph | 125 | 10 |
| John John Groger | WashU Charmander | WashU Squirtle | 125 | 10 |
| Jacob Goodson | Ohio State B | Michigan C | 125 | 10 |
| Elise Wettach | Oberlin | Ohio State C | 125 | 10 |
| Ivan Karp | UCLA A | UCSD | 125 | 10 |
| Daniel Kim | Maryland B | CWRU | 125 | 10 |
| Lesley Kwarteng | Johns Hopkins B | George Mason B | 125 | 10 |
| Zaid Asif | NYU C | Rutgers | 125 | 10 |
| Taman Truong | Arizona State University B | UW A | 125 | 10 |
| Alex Li | Free Agents 1 | Gruh | 125 | 10 |
| Matt Weiner | Ashurbanipal’s Drag Race | Master and Margaritaville | 125 | 10 |
| Jonathan Shauf | Even in Blacksburg There I Am | Somehow Paula Deen Returned | 125 | 10 |
| Ben Richards | Sheffield C | Lancaster + Sheffield C | 125 | 10 |
| Franklin Wu | Toronto C | Mac A | 126 | 10 |