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Real‐time in situ epitaxial film thickness monitoring and control using an emission Fourier transform infrared spectrometer

Zhou et al., 1994

Document ID
8900269635727773775
Author
Zhou Z
Yang I
Kim H
Yu F
Reif R
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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films

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An emission Fourier transform infrared (E/FT‐IR) technique for epifilm thickness measurement will be reported. The E/FT‐IR technique takes advantage of the heated wafer as the source of IR radiation. It is a noncontact, nondestructive, real‐time, and in situ epifilm …
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