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      |  | Analysis  of Semiconductor Thin Films – A Few Examples (Ref: Ellipso Technology) | 
    
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      |  | 1-1. SiO2 on c-Si | 
    
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            | Thickness | 106.234 nm |  
            | R.I. (@633  nm) | 1.5302 |  
            | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and refractive index of SiO2 film  on c-Si substrate obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  |  The measured ellipsometric spectra of alpha and beta (symbols)  and the best fit ones(lines) are compared. | 
    
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      |  | 1-2. Mapping of SiO2 Film Thickness on c-Si | 
    
      |  | Surface Mapping of Oxide Thickness
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      |  |  Captured image of SiO2 film thickness map. | 
    
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      |  | 1-3. SiO2 on SiC(SiC 표면을 산화시켜 SiO2층 생성) | 
    
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            | Thickness : SiO2 1299.946 nm |  
            | R.I. : Dispersion of SiO2 |  
            | Substrate :  Silicon Carbide |  | 
    
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      |  | 2-1. Low Density Thin Al2O3 on c-Si (1/2) | 
    
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            | Thickness | 5.584 nm |  
            | R.I. (@633  nm) | 1.507 |  
            | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and refractive index of very thin Al2O3 film on c-Si substrate obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  |  The measured ellipsometric spectra of Δ and ψ(symbols) and the best fit ones(lines) are compared | 
    
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      |  | 2-2. Low Density Thin Al2O3 on c-Si (2/2) | 
    
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            | Thickness | 21.198 nm |  
            | R.I. (@633  nm) | 1.669 |  
            | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and refractive index of thin Al2O3 film on c-Si substrate obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  |  The measured ellipsometric spectra of Δ and ψ(symbols) and the best fit ones(lines) are compared. | 
    
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      |  | 2-3. Mapping of  Al2O3 Film Thickness | 
    
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            | Diameter(mm) | 100 |  
            | Measurement Count | 25/25 |  
            | Thickness Average(nm) | 37.83 |  
            | Thickness S.D.(nm) | 0.085 |  
            | Refractive Index Average | 1.687 |  
            | Refractive Index S.D. | 0.001 |  | 
    
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      |  |  2D thickness map of Al2O3 film on c-Si. | 
    
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      |  | 3-1. SiN on c-Si | 
    
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            | Thickness | 85.863 nm |  
            | R.I. (@633 nm) | 2.0527 |  
            | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and refractive index of SiN film on c-Si  substrate obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  | 3-2. SiN/SiO2 on c-Si | 
    
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                  | Si3N4 Thickness | 219.3 nm |  
                  | SiO2 Thickness | 223.8 nm |  
                  | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  |  | 
    
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      |  | 3-3. Si-rich SiN on c_Si | 
    
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                        | Composition Si3N4  (85.8 %) + a-Si (14.2 %) |  
                        | Thickness 51.5 nm |  
                        | R.I.(@ 633  nm) 2.294, Extinction Coeff.(@ 633 nm) 0.018
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      |  | 3-4. Low Density SiN on c_Si | 
    
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      |  | 3-5. SiNx on Glass | 
    
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                  | SiNx Thickness : 372.74 nm |  
                  | R.I. (@633  nm) : 1.8823 |  
                  | Substrate : Glass |  |  | 
    
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            | 4. Poly(Boron+Carbon) | [TOP] |  | 
    
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      |  | 4-1. Poly(Boron+Carbon)/SiO2 on c-Si | 
    
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                  | Thickness, Poly SiO2
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                  | R.I. | Dispersion of Poly |  
                  | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  |  |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and refractive index dispersion of Poly  composed of Boron and Carbon on c-Si with oxide obtained by analyzing  spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  |  The measured ellipsometric spectra of alpha and  beta(symbols) and the best fit ones(lines) are compared. | 
    
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      |  | 5-1. SrOx/SiO2 on c-Si(1/2) | 
    
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                  | Thickness, SrOx SiO2
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                  | R.I. | Dispersion of SrOx |  
                  | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  |  |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and refractive index of SrOx film on c-Si  substrate with native oxide obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  |  The measured ellipsometric spectra of alpha and  beta(symbols) and the best fit ones(lines) are compared. | 
    
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      |  | 5-2. SrOx/SiO2 on c-Si(2/2) | 
    
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                  | Thickness, SrOx SiO2
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                  | R.I. | Dispersion of  SrOx |  
                  | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  |  |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and refractive index of SrOx film on c-Si  substrate with native oxide obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  | 5-3. SrOx on Ru | 
    
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                  | Thickness, SrOx | 11.675 nm |  
                  | R.I. | Dispersion of Ru |  
                  | Substrate | Ruthenium |  |  |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness of SrOx film on Ru  substrate and refractive index of Ru obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  | 6-1. HfOx on c-Si | 
    
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                  | Thickness, HfOx | 14.999 nm |  
                  | R.I. | Dispersion of HfOx |  
                  | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  |  |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and refractive index of   HfOx film on  c-Si  substrate obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  |  The measured ellipsometric spectra of alpha and  beta(symbols) and the best fit ones(lines) are compared. | 
    
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      |  | 7-1. ATO on c-Si | 
    
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                  | Thickness, ATO | 30.537 nm |  
                  | R.I. | Dispersion of ATO |  
                  | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  |  |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and refractive index of ATO film on  c-Si  substrate obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  | 8-1. PMMA on c-Si | 
    
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                  | Thickness, PMMA | 197.374 nm |  
                  | R.I. | Dispersion of PMMA |  
                  | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  |  |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and refractive index of PMMA film on  c-Si  substrate obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  | 9-1. Si/SiGe20 on c-Si | 
    
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                  | Thickness, Si SiGe20
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                  | R.I. | Dispersion of SiGe20 |  
                  | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  |  |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and refractive index of Si/SiGe20 film on  c-Si  substrate obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data | 
    
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      |  | 10-1. AZO on Glass | 
    
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            | Layers (From Top) | AZO (84 %) + vod (16 %) = 35.24 nm AZO                            = 1098.36 nm
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            | Substrate | Glass |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness of AZO film with its microrough surface on glass  substrate obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  |  The measured ellipsometric spectra of alpha and beta(symbols) and the best fit ones(lines) are compared. The graph on  right shows the complex refractive index dispersion of AZO film. | 
    
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      |  | 10-2. AZO/SiO2 on c-Si | 
    
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                  | Thickness, AZO SiO2
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                  | R.I. | Dispersion of AZO |  
                  | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  |  |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and refractive index dispersion of AZO on  c-Si with oxide obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  | 11-1. IZO on c-Si | 
    
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                  | IZO Thickness | 136.2 nm |  
                  | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  
                  | R.I. | Dispersion of IZO |  |  |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and refractive index dispersion of IZO on  c-Si obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  | 12-1. ZnO on c-Si | 
    
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                  | Thickness, ZnO SiO2
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                  | R.I. | Dispersion of ZnO |  
                  | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  |  |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and refractive index dispersion of ZnO on  c-Si with oxide obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  | 13-1. IGZO on Glass | 
    
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                  | Thickness, IGZO(80%)+void(20%) SiO2
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                  | R.I. | Dispersion of IGZO |  
                  | Substrate | Glass |  |  |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and refractive index dispersion of IGZO on glass obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  | 13-2. IGZO on c_Si | 
    
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                  | Thickness, IGZO SiO2
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                  | R.I. | Dispersion of IGZO |  
                  | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  |  |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and refractive index dispersion of IGZO on  c-Si with native oxide obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  | 13-3. IGZO/SiO2 on c-Si | 
    
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                  | Thickness, IGZO SiO2
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                  | R.I. | Dispersion of IGZO |  
                  | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  |  |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and refractive index dispersion of IGZO on  c-Si with thick oxide obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  | 14-1. ZTO/SiO2 on c-Si | 
    
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                        | Thickness, ZTO SiO2
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                        | R.I. | Dispersion of ZTO |  
                        | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  |  |  |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and refractive index dispersion of ZTO on  c-Si with thick oxide obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  | 15-1. TiO2 on Gkass(1/2) | 
    
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            | Layers (From Top) | TiO2 (27 %) + vod (73 %) = 11.42 nm TiO2                            = 30.58 nm
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            | Substrate | Glass |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness of TiO2 film with its microrough  surface on glass substrate obtained by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  | 15-2. TiO2 on Gkass(2/2) | 
    
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            | TiO2 Thickness | 38.1 nm |  
            | Substrate | Glass |  | 
    
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      |  | 15-3. Ag Doped TiO2 on Glass | 
    
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            | Thickness : 157.65 nm |  
            | Substrate : Glass |  
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      |  | 15-4. Co Doped TiO2 on Glass | 
    
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            | Thickness : 165.65 nm |  
            | Substrate : Glass |  
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            | 16. ZrO2/SiO2 Multilayer | [TOP] |  | 
    
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      |  | 16-1. ZrO2/SiO2 Multilayer on c_Si | 
    
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            | SiO2 | 92.6 nm |  
            | ZrO2 (96.0 %) + void (4.0 %) | 63.8 nm |  
            | SiO2 | 12.7 nm |  
            | ZrO2 (92.6 %) + void (7.4 %) | 28.6 nm |  
            | SiO2 | 114.9 nm |  
            | SiO2 (93.8 %) + c-Si (6.2 %) | 6.2 nm |  
            | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  | 
    
      |  |  Thickness and volume density of alternatively  deposited SiO2 and ZrO2 multilayers on c-Si substrate are  determined by analyzing spectro-ellipsometric data. | 
    
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      |  |  The measured ellipsometric spectra of Δ and ψ(dashed lines) and the best fit ones(solid lines) are compared. | 
    
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            | 17.  ZnS-SiO2 on c-Si vs O2 Flow Rate | [TOP] |  | 
    
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      |  |  Dependence of optical property of sputter grown  ZnS-SiO2 film on Oxygen flow rate. | 
    
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            | 18. Depth Profiling  of Si+ Implanted Si | [TOP] |  | 
    
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      |  |  Comparison of X-TEM and SE for depth profiling of  Si+ ion implanted silicon shows that results are in excellent agreement each  other.
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      |  |  Comparison between the experimentally measured (Δ, ψ)  data and the calculated data using the model shown above. (Vedam et al., App.  Phys. Lett. 47(4) 339, 1985)
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            | 19. Depth Profiling  of Oxygen Ion Implanted Silicon | [TOP] |  | 
    
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      |  | 19-1. Depth Profiling  of Oxygen Ion Implanted Silicon-on-Insulator(1/2) | 
    
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      |  |  Spectro-ellipsometric spectrum of tan(Psi) and the X-TEM  image of an Oxygen ion implanted silicon. The measured spectro-ellipsometric  constants are shown as dots and the best fit spectrum as a line. | 
    
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            | Layers (From Top) | SiO2 (71 %) + Si (29 %)       1.55 nm c-Si (96 %) + SiO2 (4 %)     1406 nm
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            | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  | 
    
      |  |  Depth profiling of the above Oxygen implanted silicon  sample is successfully achieved as a result of the modeling analysis SE data. (Narayan  et al., App. Phys. Lett. 51(5) 343, 1987) | 
    
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      |  | 19-2. Depth Profiling  of Oxygen Ion Implanted Silicon-on-Insulator(2/2) | 
    
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      |  |  Spectro-ellipsometric spectrum of cos(Delta) and the X-TEM  image of an Oxygen ion implanted silicon. The measured spectro-ellipsometric  constants are shown as dots and the best fit spectrum as a line. | 
    
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            | Layers (From Top) | SiO2                                	 2.35 nm c-Si (95.3 %) + SiO2 (4.7 %)    28.0 nm
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            | Substrate | Crystalline Silicon |  | 
    
      |  |  Depth profiling of the above Oxygen implanted silicon  sample is successfully achieved as a result of the modeling analysis SE data. (Narayan  et al., App. Phys. Lett. 51(5) 343, 1987) | 
    
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      |  | 20-1. PR on c_Si | 
    
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            | Thickness : PR 1423.475 nm |  
            | R.I. : Dispersion of PR |  
            | Substrate :  Crystalline Silicon |  | 
    
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      |  | 21-1. GST/SiO2 on c_Si(heating) | 
    
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            | Thickness : GST 12.322 nm |  
            | R.I. : Dispersion of GST |  
            | Substrate :  Crystalline Silicon |  | 
    
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      |  | 21-2. GST/SiO2(650nm) on c_Si | 
    
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            | Thickness : GST 13.087 nm |  
            | R.I. : Dispersion of GST |  
            | Substrate :  Crystalline Silicon |  | 
    
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      |  | 22-1. Ga2O3 on c_Si | 
    
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            | Thickness : Ga2O3 13.184 nm |  
            | R.I. : Dispersion of Ga2O3 |  
            | Substrate :  Crystalline Silicon |  | 
    
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