• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 42, Issue 10, 1022002 (2022)
Xinhua Yang1、2, Sikun Li1、2、*, Lufeng Liao1、2, Libin Zhang3, Shuang Zhang3, Shengrui Zhang4, Weijie Shi4, Yayi Wei3, and Xiangzhao Wang1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Laboratory of Information Optics and Opto-Electronic Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Integrated Circuit Advanced Process R & D Center, Institute of Microelectronics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China;
  • 4DongFang JingYuan Electron Limited, Beijing 100176, China
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    Xinhua Yang, Sikun Li, Lufeng Liao, Libin Zhang, Shuang Zhang, Shengrui Zhang, Weijie Shi, Yayi Wei, Xiangzhao Wang. Critical Pattern Selection Method for Full-Chip Source and Mask Optimization Based on Depth-First Search[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(10): 1022002 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Xinhua Yang, Sikun Li, Lufeng Liao, Libin Zhang, Shuang Zhang, Shengrui Zhang, Weijie Shi, Yayi Wei, Xiangzhao Wang. Critical Pattern Selection Method for Full-Chip Source and Mask Optimization Based on Depth-First Search[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(10): 1022002
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