State of the art in thin film thickness and deposition rate monitoring sensors

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 385-409

  Buzea, Cristina ^a   Robbie, Kevin ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 24144491307     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/68/2/R04     Document Type: Article

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