Interesting article

[Smilin]

http://focus.aps.org/story/v12/st19

 

[DrPizza]

Wow, cool stuff! There goes the "the smallest you can get is" knowledge I used to have.

 

[f95toli]

BUt the big question is if you could do the same thing with a heavier particle: Then you could use this technoques for nanolithography.

 

[Jeff7]

"If you asked me ten years ago whether it was possible to find interesting results from looking at the focus of a helium-neon laser, I would have laughed at you."

I always love that when they say "this is impossible" - then a few years later, it's been done. If I recall correctly, making dual-layer DVD's for the consumer market was supposedly impossible just a few years ago. Now the drives are on the market.

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: f95toli
BUt the big question is if you could do the same thing with a heavier particle: Then you could use this technoques for nanolithography.

I believe they have some big hopes for it an lithography. The technique applies for wavelengths shorter than the visible spectrum.