title: Computer screen photoassisted off-null ellipsometry.
abstract: The ellipsometric measurement of thickness is demonstrated using a computer screen as a light source and a webcam as a detector, adding imaging off-null ellipsometry to the range of available computer screen photoassisted techniques. The results show good qualitative agreement with a simplified theoretical model and a thickness resolution in the nanometer range is achieved. The presented model can be used to optimize the setup for sensitivity. Since the computer screen serves as a homogeneous large area illumination source, which can be tuned to different intensities for different parts of the sample, a large sensitivity range can be obtained without sacrificing thickness resolution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. jimba@ifm.liu.se
authors.forename: J W P
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Bakker
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arwin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lundström
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Filippini