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Integrated Circuits and associated lithography based manufacturing techniques rely heavily on quantum mechanics. The transistors and gates wouldn't work if qua
by lumost 10y ago
Integrated Circuits and associated lithography based manufacturing techniques rely heavily on quantum mechanics. The transistors and gates wouldn't work if quantum mechanics did not provide an accurate depiction of the physics involved.
- ekianjo 10y ago> lithography based manufacturing techniques rely heavily on quantum mechanics. Are you sure ? > The field of quantum lithography is in its infancy, and although experimental proofs of principal have been carried out using the Hong–Ou–Mandel effect,[3] it is still a long way from commercial application. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_lithography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_lithography
- kirrent 10y agoConventional lithography also requires an understanding of quantum effects at the scales it's being used at. Not to mention modelling light/mask layer interactions.
- lumost 10y agoThe most direct requirement on Quantum Mechanics in existing lithography systems is the lasers used as light sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser#Foundations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser#Foundations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photolithography#Light_sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photolithography#Light_sources