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berkeman reacted to gentzen's post in the thread High School Reducing loss of energy for Lasers with
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No, high end masks are written by e-beam lithography, either by VSB (variable shaped beam) machines, or by electron multi-beam (grey... -
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Thanks for the detailed explanation!!! Through your explanation, I looked up some relevant materials and successfully came to understand... -
berkeman replied to the thread Other Committing to a major.You flunked two semesters of community college? If I'm reading that right, that's not a good sign of potential success at this time... -
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With my mentor's hat on, please refrain from quoting long posts. Thanks Bill -
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”All branches exist” isn’t quite right, it’s better to say that there is a branch for every possible outcome, but violating the laws of... -
berkeman replied to the thread High School Reducing loss of energy for Lasers.Can you elaborate? Do you mean photolithography used in IC fabrication? -
berkeman replied to the thread PF World Cup Chat 2026.What is that thing on Messi's shoe? This was from the great game yesterday versus Cape Verde. -
berkeman replied to the thread High School Reducing loss of energy for Lasers.I was at a photonics trade show many years ago, and as I walked down one of the aisles, I heard a "snap, snap" noise every few seconds... -
berkeman reacted to DaveE's post in the thread High School Reducing loss of energy for Lasers with
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Do you mean the laser beam, or the entire laser? What's in the vacuum? There are some laser applications that require a vacuum, but... -
berkeman replied to the thread High School Reducing loss of energy for Lasers.@Josiah -- Please take care not to try to reopen a closed thread. Your previous thread on this question was closed because you veered... -
berkeman reacted to Astronuc's post in the thread M 7.5 Earthquake - 28 km SE of Yumare, Venezuela with
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There are usually foreshocks, but often not nearly as severe. Here what is rare is the occurrence of magnitude 7.2 then 7.5 in close...
