Standards for which the ellipsometric parameter Ψ remains insensitive to variations in the angle of incidence

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 25, 1998, Pages 5912-5922

  Russev, Stoyan C ^a   Drolet, Jean Pierre ^b   Ducharme, Daniel ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b Scientech R and D   (Canada)

^c Collége Shawinigan ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

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EID: 0012025564     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.005912     Document Type: Article

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