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De Groot (45) Date of Patent: Nov. 21, 2006

ELLIPSOMETRY, 1999

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10706432881911625099
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ELLIPSOMETRY R
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Applied Optics

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A method including: imaging test light emerging from a test object over a range of angles to interfere with reference light on a detector, wherein the test and reference light are derived from a common source; for each of the angles, simultaneously varying an optical path length …
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