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Charles Tarrio

Charlie Tarrio received his BS from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Virginia. He has been at NIST since 1991 developing at-wavelength EUV metrology and studying properties and contamination of EUV optics.

How Extreme Ultraviolet Light Helps Give Us Smarter Smartphones and Stronger Satellites

April 21, 2020

In 2019, after decades of effort, manufacturers used a new technology to create smartphones with individual circuit features as small as 7 nanometers (nm), or

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