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    • Surface Science
    • Thin Film Analysis

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    • Coherence scanning interferometry (CSI) measures surface topography.
    • Existing CSI methods approximate the helical complex field (HCF) function.
    • This approximation assumes uniform noise variance, leading to surface fluctuations.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To extend CSI for determining interfacial surface roughness (<10 nm) between thin films and substrates.
    • To develop an improved least-squares optimization method for CSI surface reconstruction.
    • To address limitations of uniform noise variance assumptions in current CSI techniques.

    Main Methods:

    • Introduced a first-order approximation to the helical complex field (HCF) function.
    • Implemented a pixel-wise least-squares optimization for height determination in multilayer stacks.
    • Developed and tested an alternative least-squares method accounting for noise variance-covariance distribution.

    Main Results:

    • The new method significantly improves the quality of reconstructed surfaces.
    • Simulated data demonstrates enhanced accuracy compared to previous methods.
    • Accurate determination of substrate and film layer heights is achieved.

    Conclusions:

    • The enhanced CSI technique accurately quantifies sub-10nm interfacial surface roughness.
    • The novel least-squares optimization method reduces statistical fluctuations in surface reconstruction.
    • This advancement offers improved thin film and substrate characterization.