OPTICS & OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, Volume. 23, Issue 2, 10(2025)

Simulation Research on Surface Defect Detection of Non-Patterned Wafers Based on Dark-Field Scattering

QIU Xin-hua, LU Dao-xiang, WANG Lei, HUANG Shao-sheng, and TAN En-cheng
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  • Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology,Xiamen University,Xiamen 361102,China
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    QIU Xin-hua, LU Dao-xiang, WANG Lei, HUANG Shao-sheng, TAN En-cheng. Simulation Research on Surface Defect Detection of Non-Patterned Wafers Based on Dark-Field Scattering[J]. OPTICS & OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, 2025, 23(2): 10

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    Received: Aug. 22, 2024

    Accepted: Apr. 18, 2025

    Published Online: Apr. 18, 2025

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