Mishima et al., 1982 - Google Patents
Checking of the thickness uniformity of thin-film layers in semiconductor devices by laser ellipso-interferometryMishima et al., 1982
- Document ID
- 1999879708894941008
- Author
- Mishima T
- Kao K
- Publication year
- Publication venue
- Optical Microlithography I: Technology for the Mid-1980s
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New laser ellipso-interferometry has been developed on the basis of the principle that spatially and temporally coherent light reflected from the two surfaces of a thin solid film will interfere to form a two-dimensional fringe pattern which is directly related to the spatial …
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