We have made experiments on our compact active hydrogen maser with the cylindrical TE111-mode septum cavity, which is almost one-half the conventional TE011-mode cavity in size. An inductive radiation signal was observed, but the maser did not produce self-oscillation. The system supports oscillation when the cavity is placed in an external feedback loop.
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