CONFOCAL SCANNING DARK-FIELD POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY

被引:11
作者
KIMURA, S [1 ]
WILSON, T [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV OXFORD, DEPT ENGN SCI, OXFORD OX1 3PJ, ENGLAND
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1994年 / 33卷 / 07期
关键词
Electromagnetic wave diffraction - Light polarization - Mathematical models - Optics - Scanning;
D O I
10.1364/AO.33.001274
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Dark-field imaging is attained by use of a lambda/4 plate and an analyzer in a confocal scanning microscope. This dark-field microscope detects only the edge-diffracted wave whose polarization is different from that of the incident beam. The fact that images of photoresist patterns taken by the microscope show only the edges of the patterns confirms the dark-field nature of the imaging.
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页码:1274 / 1278
页数:5
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