The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.

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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Get past uvc for what purpose?

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 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.

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