Focusing and Amplifying Light X-Rays and Sound with         Submicron Pipetts
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In preliminary experiments a novel method for focusing and amplifying           electromagnetic radiation has been discovered.  This method is cheap,           reproducible and readily available and is capable of effectively                focusing a wide spectrum of radiation from visible light to x-rays and          even acoustic waves.  The method involves heating a glass capillary             and applying tension to produce a variety of capillary geometries with          outer diameters at the tip that can be <50nm.  There are apertures at           these tips which are, for the smallest pipettes, considerably less              than 50nm.  Such capillaries are not novel; they have been used for             approximately a decade by biologists to inject substances into cells.           The novelty of these capillaries is to focus and amplify light beyond           the diffraction limit and to produce sub-micron intense x-ray spots.
{'FirstName': 'Aaron', 'LastName': 'Lewis', 'EmailAddress': None, 'StartDate': '08/01/1988', 'EndDate': None, 'RoleCode': 'Principal Investigator'}
{'Name': 'Cornell University', 'CityName': 'Ithaca', 'ZipCode': '148502820', 'PhoneNumber': '6072555014', 'StreetAddress': '373 Pine Tree Road', 'CountryName': 'United States', 'StateName': 'New York', 'StateCode': 'NY'}
{'Code': '1517', 'Text': 'ELECT, PHOTONICS, & MAG DEVICE'}
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