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Šiaudinyte, L. (author), Pereira, S.F. (author)Optical inspection of periodic nanostructures is a major challenge in the semiconductor industry due to constantly decreasing critical dimensions. In this paper we combine coherent Fourier scatterometry (CFS) with a sectioning mask for subwavelength grating parameter determination. By selecting only the most sensitive regions of the scattered...journal article 2020
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Mout, B.M. (author)To predict the quality of an optical system we need to simulate the effects of aberrations and diffraction. Aberrations can be calculated by tracing rays from a source point through a digital model of the system and evaluating the spot size of these rays on the detector. For a system without aberrations, the rays will intersect at a single point...doctoral thesis 2019
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Mout, B.M. (author), Wick, Michael (author), Bociort, F. (author), Petschulat, Joerg (author), Urbach, Paul (author)We study a simulation method that uses the Wigner distribution function to incorporate wave optical effects in an established framework based on geometrical optics, i.e., a ray tracing engine. We use the method to calculate point spread functions and show that it is accurate for paraxial systems but produces unphysical results in the presence...journal article 2018
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Mout, B.M. (author), Wick, Michael (author), Bociort, F. (author), Petschulat, Joerg (author), Urbach, Paul (author)We present a method for simulating multiple diffraction in imaging systems based on the Huygens–Fresnel principle. The method accounts for the effects of both aberrations and diffraction and is entirely performed using Monte Carlo ray tracing.We compare the results of this method to those of reference simulations for field propagation through...journal article 2016
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Mout, B.M. (author), Wick, M. (author), Bociort, F. (author), Urbach, H.P. (author)The Wigner Distribution Function (WDF) forms an alternative representation of the optical field. It can be a valuable tool for understanding and classifying optical systems. Furthermore, it possesses properties that make it suitable for optical simulations: both the intensity and the angular spectrum can be easily obtained from the WDF and the...conference paper 2015
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- van den Eerenbeemd, J.M.A. (author) doctoral thesis 2008
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Zijp, F. (author)This thesis describes research done at Philips Research on near-field optical data storage systems with a solid immersion lens.doctoral thesis 2007