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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Efficient Rigorous Coupled-Wave Analysis Simulation of Mueller Matrix Ellipsometry of Three-Dimensional Multilayer Nanostructures.

Hoang-Lam Pham, Thomas Alcaire, Sebastien Soulan, Delphine Le Cunff, Jean-Hervé Tortai

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Hoang-Lam PhamLTM, CNRS, CEA/LETI-Minatec, Grenoble INP, Institute of Engineering and Management, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38054 Grenoble, France.
Thomas AlcaireSTMicroelectronics, 38920 Crolles, France.
Sebastien SoulanLTM, CNRS, CEA/LETI-Minatec, Grenoble INP, Institute of Engineering and Management, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38054 Grenoble, France.
Delphine Le CunffSTMicroelectronics, 38920 Crolles, France.
Jean-Hervé TortaiLTM, CNRS, CEA/LETI-Minatec, Grenoble INP, Institute of Engineering and Management, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38054 Grenoble, France.ORCID 0000-0002-8460-4703

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Electronic Component Systems for European Leadership 314 No 826589 (project MADEin4).
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Abstract

Mueller matrix ellipsometry (MME) is a powerful metrology tool for nanomanufacturing. The application of MME necessitates electromagnetic computations for inverse problems of metrology determination in both the conventional optimization process and the recent neutral network approach. In this study, we present an efficient, rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA) simulation of multilayer nanostructures to quantify reflected waves, enabling the fast simulation of the corresponding Mueller matrix. Wave propagations in the component layers are characterized by local scattering matrices (s-matrices), which are efficiently computed and integrated into the global s-matrix of the structures to describe the optical responses. The performance of our work is demonstrated through three-dimensional (3D) multilayer nanohole structures in the practical case of industrial Muller matrix measurements of optical diffusers. Another case of plasmonic biosensing is also used to validate our work in simulating full optical responses. The results show significant numerical improvements for the examples, demonstrating the gain in using the RCWA method to address the metrological studies of multilayer nanodevices.

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3D multilayer nanostructuresMueller matrix ellipsometryRCWAscattering matrix

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PMID36432236
PMCPMC9698230

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