Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoWhy It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LEDyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square205fedilinkarrow-up1966arrow-down131file-text
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minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoAs far as “light” it’s already capped out, then. Going shorter there’s only x-ray and then Gamma ray. Gamma ray lithography sounds bad-ass and dangerous.
minus-squareJATth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoGamma rays have so much energy that they are basically emitted only by nuclear processes, as far as I know.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoUntil we stick it in an led! I guess past the uv range we should just call them ED, but then you only think about erectile dysfunction.
As far as “light” it’s already capped out, then. Going shorter there’s only x-ray and then Gamma ray. Gamma ray lithography sounds bad-ass and dangerous.
Gamma rays have so much energy that they are basically emitted only by nuclear processes, as far as I know.
Until we stick it in an led!
I guess past the uv range we should just call them ED, but then you only think about erectile dysfunction.