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Error minimization method for spectroscopic and phase-modulated ellipsometric measurements on highly transparent thin films

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We point out that there is an intrinsic magnification of error in the measurement of transparent or semitransparent thin films by the usual method of phase-modulated ellipsometry. This procedure is suitable for absorbing materials, but for nonabsorbing materials it gives a great amount of error in the measurement of ellipsometric angles at some critical values. We propose a new methodology for the phase-modulated ellipsometric measurements that avoids this magnification. We illustrate the advantages of this new method by measuring the index of refraction of a low-pressure chemical-vapor-deposited a-SiO2 thin film with greater accuracy than that achieved by the usual method.

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