Quasi-visualizable detection of deep sub-wavelength defects in patterned wafers by breaking the optical form birefringence

J Liu, J Zhu, Z Yu, X Feng, Z Li, L Zhong… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing, fast, nondestructive, and precise detection of defects
in patterned wafers, realized by bright-field microscopy, is one of the critical factors for …

Assessing form-dependent optical scattering at vacuum-and extreme-ultraviolet wavelengths of nanostructures with two-dimensional periodicity

BM Barnes, MA Henn, MY Sohn, H Zhou, RM Silver - Physical Review Applied, 2019 - APS
Form birefringence, where the orientation of periodic structures yields effective refractive-
index differences between orthogonal polarizations, is integral to multidimensional optical …