▲ 938 ▼ Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED (youtu.be) submitted 2 years ago by Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 200 comments fedilink hide all child comments The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.
[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Get past uvc for what purpose? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I imagine that lithography for integrated circuits would be an application, assuming you could make an appropriate photo-resist. The shorter the wavelength, the smaller the possible feature size. Current lithography relies on constructive and destructive interference between wavelengths to create super small features. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JATtho@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Gamma rays have so much energy that they are basically emitted only by nuclear processes, as far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I imagine that lithography for integrated circuits would be an application, assuming you could make an appropriate photo-resist. The shorter the wavelength, the smaller the possible feature size. Current lithography relies on constructive and destructive interference between wavelengths to create super small features. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JATtho@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Gamma rays have so much energy that they are basically emitted only by nuclear processes, as far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JATtho@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Gamma rays have so much energy that they are basically emitted only by nuclear processes, as far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JATtho@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Gamma rays have so much energy that they are basically emitted only by nuclear processes, as far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent