Technique simplifies the creation of high-tech crystals
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 13:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Highly purified crystals that split light with uncanny precision are key parts of high-powered lenses, specialized optics and, potentially, computers that manipulate light instead of electricity. But producing these crystals by current techniques, such as etching them with a precise beam of electrons, is often extremely difficult and expensive.