Error analysis of null ellipsometry with depolarization

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 25, 1999, Pages 5388-5398

  Nee, Soe Mie F ^a  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0001561491     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.005388     Document Type: Article

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