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Yeah, a cyclotron-fed X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) is a brighter source than what ASML EUV machines use. But XFELs are big (often hundred-meter scale undula
by SAI_Peregrinus 3y ago
Yeah, a cyclotron-fed X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) is a brighter source than what ASML EUV machines use. But XFELs are big (often hundred-meter scale undulators, not to mention the size of the synchrotron) and very expensive. Less of an issue for a highly centralized production system, but not something you can ship to customers around the world.
- jpgvm 3y agoChina might be the only place that could build one due to the central planning required. Would be damn cool if they do, guess we'll just have to wait and find out.
- SAI_Peregrinus 3y agoWell, there are a bunch of such XFELs around (not sure if China has any yet), but they're research, not for production applications. That's how we can know they're such bright sources, how big they tend to be, how expensive they are to build, etc.