*** - Interesting stuff!

[Geoff]

I was reading up on *** recently. I must say that Gerd Binning and Heinrich Rohrer really knew what was up back in 1981 when they invented the ***. (def deserved the Nobel in '86 for the ***)

The *** is based on the concept of quantum tunnelling, which in and of itself is just as amazing as the ***! Here’s how you determine the tunnelling current used in the ***:

Here’s a scematic of the ***:

You guys can check out this wiki article if you’re interested in learning more about the ***:

Scanning tunneling microscope

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[Fry]

I wonder how hard it is to properly tune the control voltages to get maximum magnification without over-amplification of the tunnelling current?

[Onyx_Z32]

Nice try, lol.