The microscope can observe moving light

The team at the Israeli Institute of Technology (Technion) develops quantum electron microscopes that give the clearest picture of light moving inside the material.

According to Professor Ido Kaminer, the team leader, the standard electron microscope creates still images while the new device allows tracking what happens inside the material like watching a movie.

Quantum electron microscope in Technion. (Photo: Times of Israel).

"This is an electron microscope that takes us from immobile images or very slow frame rates to ultra-fast motion. This really opens a new door, allowing us to improve the way we set things up." design technology, promote electronic devices to operate fast and most effectively, " Kaminer said. Kaminer said the device they developed was a new generation of microscopes called super-fast electron microscopes .

Although the glasses have been in use for months, Technion will keep the information confidential until the team can prove the accuracy of the device and have evaluation from the expert panel. Kaminer and colleagues reported experiments using a new microscope in an article published June 3 in the journal Nature. The experiments focused on the ability to record light moving inside the nanomaterial.

Kaminer explained that microscopic technology has not kept pace with the demands of the high-tech sector. The tech industry will grow best if it can see in detail what goes on inside the chip, components, and equipment. Kaminer's microscopes allow tracking the movement of both electricity and light.

"Other microscopes have certain limitations. Most electron microscopes provide still images, or images at 100 frames per second, while our glasses have a shutter speed of one million. Billions of frames per second. So we can look at the electronics side, for example, to see how fast the current flows at the speed of a device , " says Kaminer.

Kamin said he discussed with Intel the potential of a microscope. According to the researcher, this device will bring many achievements that help increase the use of light to transport data instead of electricity.