Ivan Ohlídal, Daniel Franta, Emil Pinčík, Miloslav Ohlídal

Complete optical characterization of the SiO₂/Si system by spectroscopic ellipsometry, spectroscopic reflectometry and atomic force microscopy

Surface and Interface Analysis 28 (1999) 240–244

In this paper results concerning the optical analysis of the system SiO₂/Si performed by the combined ellipsometric and reflectometric method used in the multiple-sample modification will be presented. This method is based on combining both the single-wavelength method and dispersion method. Three models of the system mentioned, i.e. the model of the substrate and the layer with the smooth boundaries, the same model with transition layer and the model of the substrate and the layer with rough boundaries, will be used to interpret the experimental data. The spectral dependences of the optical constants of silicon and SiO₂ with the values of the other parameters will be determined. It will be shown that the simplest model with the smooth boundary is the most convenient with the experimental data.

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