SUN Xiru,WU Binhe.Optimization and application of microspectroscopic fitting method in micro-region thin film characterization[J].OPTICAL TECHNIQUE,2025,51(05):634-640.
SUN Xiru,WU Binhe.Optimization and application of microspectroscopic fitting method in micro-region thin film characterization[J].OPTICAL TECHNIQUE,2025,51(05):634-640.DOI:
Optimization and application of microspectroscopic fitting method in micro-region thin film characterization
combined with spectral fitting methods for extracting thin-film parameters
is presented. To address the complex incident angle distribution and non-uniform light intensity distribution caused by high numerical aperture (
NA
) objectives
a Gaussian model is selected as the weight function to compensate for modeling errors. By optimizing the model parameters
reflection values that better align with the chara
cteristics of the microscopy system are obtained. Experimental results show that this method significantly improves measurement accuracy
with thin-film thickness measurement errors below 1.2%
and the relative standard deviation of repeat measurements better than 2%. This approach is suitable for high-precision thickness measurement and structural identification in small areas
enabling multi-point scanning and morphology characterization.
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