microbeam
noun
mi·cro·beam
ˈmī-krō-ˌbēm 
: a beam of radiation of small cross section
a focused laser microbeam
a microbeam of electrons
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Gröblacher and his colleagues created microbeams of silicon, each 10 micrometers long and 1 by 0.25 micrometers in cross-section.
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microbeam
noun
mi·cro·beam
ˈmī-krō-ˌbēm
: a beam of radiation of small cross section
a laser microbeam
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