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I was offered a 3d laserscanning microscope that combines confocal microscopy with interferometry. Manufacturer claims resolution "up to 0,01nm", (10pm), not a
by rmu09 3y ago
I was offered a 3d laserscanning microscope that combines confocal microscopy with interferometry. Manufacturer claims resolution "up to 0,01nm", (10pm), not a typo. That is quite remarkable if true but I wonder what that even means...
- XorNot 3y agoI'm guessing provided you have a dilute enough solution, it will tell you where particles that small are, but you won't actually be able to "see" them.
- rmu09 3y agoThey seem to target quality control in manufacturing (semiconductor, electronics etc...). What is puzzling to me is that even your typical atom is an order of magnitude larger than that claimed resolution.
- buescher 3y agoMy guess would be they're using green light, measuring phase with a 16-bit DAC, and implicitly fibbing about their signal-to-noise ratio. That's baked in to "up to".