Signal Processing for Height Measurement of High-aspect-ratio Structure Based on Low-coherence Interferometry

Yifeng SUN; Zhishan GAO; Xiaoxin FAN; Jiale ZHANG; Jianqiu MA; Qun YUAN

doi:10.3788/gzxb20225109.0912001

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