Apparatus and method for the determination of grain size in thin films
US6038026A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 7, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 7, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N21/171
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for the determination of grain size in a thin film sample comprising the steps of measuring first and second changes in the optical response of the thin film, comparing the first and second changes to find the attenuation of a propagating disturbance in the film and associating the attenuation of the disturbance to the grain size of the film. The second change in optical response is time delayed from the first change in optical response.
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