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Title: Ring laser scatterometer

Abstract

A scatterometer utilizes the dead zone resulting from lockup caused by scatter from a sample located in the optical path of a ring laser at a location where counter-rotating pulses cross. The frequency of one pulse relative to the other is varied across the lockup dead zone.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1175414
Patent Number(s):
6912053
Application Number:
10/390,508
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01S - DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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Citation Formats

Ackermann, Mark, and Diels, Jean-Claude. Ring laser scatterometer. United States: N. p., 2005. Web.
Ackermann, Mark, & Diels, Jean-Claude. Ring laser scatterometer. United States.
Ackermann, Mark, and Diels, Jean-Claude. Tue . "Ring laser scatterometer". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1175414.
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