Monochromatic Monitoring Spreadsheet

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The OptiLayer Monitoring Spreadsheet consists of ten columns:

• The first two columns show layer material abbreviations (Abbr) and layer physical thicknesses (Ph.Th.) for the design loaded in the memory;
• The column C indicates the number of the witness chip on which the corresponding design layers will be deposited;
• The column L displays the number of design layers to be deposited on each particular chip, starting from 1;  The correspondence between the design layers and witness chips is set in the Witness Spreadsheet located in the right upper part of the window;
• In the column Corr you can specify correction factors representing the ratios between the physical thicknesses of layers on a witness chip and actual physical thicknesses of the material being deposited on the actual parts being coated.  The default correction factors are equal to 1;
• The column λ is used to specify the wavelength at which the optical monitoring is being done for each specific layer. It is possible to use the Monitoring Wavelength Adjustment option invoked by clicking the button λ in the left upper corner of the window;
• The column Q@λ is used to represent the quarter-wave optical thickness at the λ monitoring wavelength;
• The column Gain displays scaling factors obtained after the use of the Gain and Zero option. (NEW!) The values also can be edited directly in the Monitoring Spreadsheet.
• The column Zero represents Zero Offset values entered with the help of the Gain and Zero option. (NEW!) The values also can be edited directly in the Monitoring Spreadsheet.
• The column Ratio displays the ratio between the values of the spectral response at the end and the beginning of each layer deposition.
• The column Swing,% displays signal swing value determined as the ratio of the difference between the trigger-point signal value and maximum of the signal to the signal amplitude. Signal amplitude is the difference between signal maximum and minimum values. If a maximum or a minimum of the signal, or both are not available during layer deposition, OptiLayer considers sufficient virtual increase of the layer thickness until required extrema are located.
• The column Response shows more detailed information on the spectral response during the layer deposition. The first and the last values in this column correspond to the transmittance/reflectance of the witness chip at the beginning and end of the layer deposition, respectively.  Between these values, all spectral response maxima and minima that occur during the layer deposition are shown.  Spectral response maxima are shown in red while spectral response minima are shown in green.