High-Precision Extreme Ultraviolet Reflectometry Based on Normalization

Liangle Zhang; Xiaoquan Han; Wanlu Xie; Xiaobin Wu; Xuchen Fang; Zixiang Gao; Pengfei Sha; Kuibo Wang

doi:10.3788/CJL231165

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