Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 11, 1113002(2023)
Robustness Analysis Method and Simulation Research of Alignment Mark
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Guangying Zhou, Yuejing Qi, Liang Li, Miao Jiang, Jiangliu Shi, Mingyi Yao. Robustness Analysis Method and Simulation Research of Alignment Mark[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2023, 43(11): 1113002
Category: Integrated Optics
Received: Dec. 20, 2022
Accepted: Feb. 10, 2023
Published Online: Jun. 13, 2023
The Author Email: Qi Yuejing (qiyuejing@ime.ac.cn)