Technology: Breaking the monopoly global hegemony

Chapter 176 Disk Lasers
Although this person's tone is a bit wrong, Gu Qing still understands him very well.

Young people who have been suppressed for a long time will be like a volcano accumulating pressure. If they are not careful, they will easily burst into anger. Now it happens that the other party's experiment has failed, and they are full of anger.

"Now is not the time to be angry. AS1-ML uses a 13.5nm light source and can achieve a 7nm process. In the future, it will also achieve a smaller nanometer process. At present, Pudong Microelectronics can only achieve a 90nm process. There is a gap between lithography machines. Although it is not small, generally speaking, the light source equipment in the lithography machine is the technology that is holding back the most. Just like the barrel effect in management, the shortest board needs to be made up the most.

The young researcher was about to speak, but Professor Zhao interrupted him.

"Mr. Gu came to our Pudong Microelectronics laboratory, is there something to do?

Recently, our project has reached the most critical stage. This is the R&D building. For commercial matters, please go to the administrative building for consultation with Manager Zhou. "

Professor Zhao's voice fell, and the meaning was clearly expressed.

Outsiders are not welcome here, you bosses and executives don't bother our R&D team, so as not to cause problems with the project.

Although the R&D team beside him didn't say much, they couldn't hide the unwelcome look in their eyes.

Those engaged in research and development do not like to be pointed at by outsiders, especially a young man who talks too much.

It's like an ancient costume drama was added by the management to a little fresh meat who has no acting skills and can only read one, two, three, four lines by memorizing lines, and then this little fresh meat also likes to point out the old actors in Biao opera.

That feeling, as disgusting as you want it to be, is simply disgusting - mother opened the door for disgusting - disgusting at home.

Even the executive surnamed Zhou who came in with Gu Qing and his party was also scolded by Professor Zhao.

However, executive Zhou didn't mean to be angry. He knew that Professor Zhao was like this, and he was wrong about things, and it was a taboo for him to bring someone into the research room without permission.

But remembering the purpose of Kyushu Science and Technology Mr. Gu leading the team, he stood up and said: "Professor Zhao, the semiconductor department of Kyushu Technology Company has developed a new light source, Mr. Gu led the team here to see if it can be used in our On the lithography machine."

"A new light source?"

"This young man?"

It was only then that Zhao Xingxia noticed that Li You and the others behind Gu Qing basically had a suitcase in their hands.

His eyes suddenly became hot.

"You brought the new light source?"

Gu Qing nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, for the safety of the equipment and the connection of the interface, we brought a total of five sets of new light source equipment."

"What light source do you use?" Professor Zhao asked, pushing the glasses frame.

"The steady-state micro-beaming SS1MB light source developed by our Kyushu Technology Semiconductor Department can perfectly replace the DUV deep ultraviolet and EUV ultraviolet light emitted by AS-ML's high-end lithography machine."

As soon as Gu Qing finished speaking, the expressions of the R&D personnel in the Pudong Microelectronics Laboratory on site changed.

Some whispered to themselves: "Isn't this the research and development direction prepared by the professor of Shuimu University? The finished product came out without perfecting the theory?"

"Yeah, a few days ago, some people in my Mizuki classmate group were saying that this direction is not reliable."

"Can this company engaged in wafer manufacturing have such research and development capabilities?"

"I don't know. Looking at their team, they are all unfamiliar faces. I haven't seen any acquaintances in the circle."

Amidst the discussions, Gu Qing and his party received everyone's attention.

But Li You and the others held the handle of the suitcase even harder.

None of them graduated from Mizuki Yanbei, and in order to support their families, they rushed to work after finishing their master's degree at most, and had no time to mix in a social circle similar to academics.

But Professor Zhao didn't have too many strange eyes.

"For the new particle accelerator light source project, some people in China are conducting theoretical verification, but no experiments have been done yet.

We have communicated that based on this principle, it should be possible to obtain coherent radiation with high power, high repetition frequency, and narrow bandwidth, and the wavelength can cover from terahertz to extreme ultraviolet.

It is hopeful to solve the core light source problem in the self-developed lithography machine.

However, young people, this matter is not just talking, from theoretical verification to experimentation, to perfecting the theory, until finally creating usable costs, it is impossible within five or ten years.

If your company wants to go public, the existing business should be enough, and there is no need to carry out false project marketing promotion. "

Zhao Xingxia felt that this young man probably wanted to take advantage of the suppression of semiconductors, and the sentiment of the people in Daxia was high, so he came up with a gimmick, and then the company went public to make a lot of money.

This kind of thing, every time there is a crisis in certain industries, some companies do this.

As long as it is operated properly, a leather bag company or a comprador company can even double its market value.

Although he likes to engage in research and development, he also has a lot of contact with business matters.

But Gu Qing shook his head.

He looked at Li You, "Take out the matching light source equipment for the S90A1/600 lithography machine with a resolution of 20nm."

Li You quickly put down the suitcase and opened it.

"Professor Zhao really misunderstood, our company's technology research and development process is not a gimmick for one or two years.

We have already done light source interface adaptation and program adjustment for the two best models of lithography machines sold by your company.

It can be tested by your company, or adapted to other models. "

Everyone searched for their reputation, and the large suitcase that Li You opened contained a box that looked like an alloy suitcase.

Instead, Professor Zhao asked, "Does your company use discs or optical fibers?"

Most of the light source equipment currently on the market is based on fiber lasers.

In this regard, leading companies in the United States and England have monopolized this technology.

Trumpf, the German company that provides lasers for lithography machine light source equipment to AS-ML, uses a unique disc laser.

From the current market, both disk lasers and fiber lasers are top laser light sources, but as long as the power exceeds 200W, solid-state lasers with disks have more advantages than optical fibers.

Gu Qing sighed, and said with a bit of pain: "The best thing to do is to do it. Although the cost of disk lasers is high, it has a bright future. Of course, we must work hard for it."

The disk laser directly solves the bottleneck of the thermal lens effect of the traditional solid-state laser, and has a high photoelectric conversion rate, which is an expensive and good typical product.

Although the fiber laser has fewer failures at low power, and is easy to maintain and low in cost, its beam quality is low, and it may even be unstable, and it is easily damaged by highly reflective materials.

Li You and the others burned hundreds of millions, that was pure luck.

The technical direction is right, and Gu Qing guides the whole process of research and development, otherwise relying on hundreds of millions and those modified equipment?

Even if one billion is given to those experts and professors, it can only be a preliminary research and development...

(End of this chapter)