S.P.A.M. FP7 Marie Curie Research and Initial Training Network
Surface / interface metrology
Optical metrology is capable of achieving extremely high accuracies regarding 3D surface contouring, distance measurement, spectroscopy, sub–wavelength structure analysis etc. Basic ingredients to achieve the high accuracies are the adequate use of novel light sources, a detailed analysis of the interaction of light with matter (reflection, refraction, diffraction, scattering) and the implementation of advanced detectors and signal processing methods. TEP B covers a wide variety of optical measurement techniques that are or will be used for the characterization of smooth and patterned surfaces: Ellipsometry, FTIR, Scatterometry, E-M modelling and optical microscopy.