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ELLIPSOMETRY

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Instrumentation project using free GNU GPL software : measure of polarization, thin film ellipsometry

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I. Introduction

II. Instrumental equations
    II.1. Description of the polarized light
    II.2. Matrix representations of optics
    II.3. Photodetection

III. Simple measures of polarization
III.1. Measure by cancellation (Nulling polarimetry) (Sénarmont)
III.2. Stokes's parameters measurements

IV. Measures of distance
    IV.1. Picometer by ellipsometry
    IV.2. Interferometry and ellipsometry
    IV.3. Picometers over kilometers

V Thin film ellipsometry
    V.1. Nulling Ellipsometry
    V.2. Rotating birefringent ellipsometer
    V.3. Interpretation of measures (commented multilayer algorithms)
    V.4. Precision of the measures of thicknesses for thin films

VI. Examples of ellipsometric measurements
    VI.1. Kinetics of oxidation of the silicon
    VI.2. Compaction of lithographic resist
    VI.3. Cartography of siliciure of germanium

VII. Photoelasticity
VII.1. Stresses and Strains in thin films
VII.2. Chromatic dispersion of photoelasticity

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