Journal of Applied Optics, Volume. 46, Issue 4, 835(2025)

Ellipsometry measurement method based on dual elastic differential frequency modulation

Zhe ZHANG1,2, Kewu LI2, Zhibin WANG1,2、*, and Shuang WANG2
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  • 1School of Instruments and Electronics, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
  • 2Institute of Frontier Interdisciplinary Sciences, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
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    Ellipsometric measurement technology is a commonly used method for measuring parameters such as refractive index, extinction coefficient, and film thickness of thin film samples. An ellipsometric measurement device and method based on dual elastic optical differential frequency modulation was introduced. A measurement system based on elastic optical modulation was designed, which modulated the optical signal and loaded the ellipsometric parameter information into the optical carrier signal. The optical carrier signal was demodulated by using digital phaselocked technology to obtain the information of ellipsometric parameter, thereby achieving the measurement of thin film thickness. The sample to be tested was a circular silicon wafer coated with SiO2 film. The spectral ellipsometer (ESS01) produced by Quantuo Company in China measures the film thickness of 105.008 nm with a standard deviation of 0.731 nm, and the designed measurement device measures the film thickness of the sample to be 105.167 nm with a measurement repeatability of 0.091. Through comparative experiments with advanced domestic instruments, it is shown that the proposed method can achieve accurate and rapid measurement of ellipsometric parameters.

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    Zhe ZHANG, Kewu LI, Zhibin WANG, Shuang WANG. Ellipsometry measurement method based on dual elastic differential frequency modulation[J]. Journal of Applied Optics, 2025, 46(4): 835

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    Received: Dec. 27, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 16, 2025

    The Author Email: Zhibin WANG (王志斌)

    DOI:10.5768/JAO202546.0403003

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