WO2005029193A3 - Interferometric analysis of surfaces. - Google Patents

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WO2005029193A3
WO2005029193A3 PCT/US2004/030196 US2004030196W WO2005029193A3 WO 2005029193 A3 WO2005029193 A3 WO 2005029193A3 US 2004030196 W US2004030196 W US 2004030196W WO 2005029193 A3 WO2005029193 A3 WO 2005029193A3
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low coherence
coherence interference
interference signal
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Groot Peter J De
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Priority to EP04788766.6A priority patent/EP1664932B1/en
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Abstract

A method for determining a spatial property of an object includes obtaining a scanning low coherence interference signal from a measurement object that includes two or more interfaces. The scanning low coherence interference signal includes two or more overlapping low coherence interference signals, each of which results from a respective interface. Based on the low coherence interference signal, a spatial property of at least one of the interfaces is determined. In some cases, the determination is based on a subset of the low coherence interference signal rather than on the entirety of the signal. Alternatively, or in addition, the determination can be based on a template, which may be indicative of an instrument response of the interferometer used to obtain the low coherence interference signal.
PCT/US2004/030196 2003-09-15 2004-09-15 Interferometric analysis of surfaces. WO2005029193A2 (en)

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JP2006526427A JP5340539B2 (en) 2003-09-15 2004-09-15 Method and system for surface interference analysis and related applications
KR1020127005506A KR101295207B1 (en) 2003-09-15 2004-09-15 Interferometric analysis of surfaces
KR1020067007376A KR101185473B1 (en) 2003-09-15 2004-09-15 Interferometric analysis of surfaces
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