TOC Front Cover 2 Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics, Volume 69 5 Copyright Page 6 Contents 7 Contributors 9 Preface 11 Chapter 1. Voltage Measurement in the Scanning Electron Microscope 15 I. Introduction 15 II. Historical Background 16 III. Introduction to the SEM 17 IV. Qualitative Voltage Contrast 20 V. Voltage Contrast Linearization for Potential Measurements 24 VI. Auger Electron Voltage Measurement Schemes 38 VII. Estimate for Minimum Measurable Voltage 39 VIII. Observation of Fast Voltage Waveforms and Dynamic Voltage Distribution 45 Front Cover 2 Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics, Volume 69 5 Copyright Page 6 Contents 7 Contributors 9 Preface 11 Chapter 1. Voltage Measurement in the Scanning Electron Microscope 15 I. Introduction 15 II. Historical Background 16 III. Introduction to the SEM 17 IV. Qualitative Voltage Contrast 20 V. Voltage Contrast Linearization for Potential Measurements 24 VI. Auger Electron Voltage Measurement Schemes 38 VII. Estimate for Minimum Measurable Voltage 39 VIII. Observation of Fast Voltage Waveforms and Dynamic Voltage Distribution 45 IX. Electron-Beam Pulsing in the SEM 47 X. Stroboscopic and Sampling-Mode Operation of the SEM 58 XI. Voltage Contrast with Synchronous and Asynchronous Pulsed Beams 61 XII. Conclusions 64 References 65 Chapter 2. New Experiments and Theoretical Development of the Quantum Modulation of Electrons (Schwarz–Hora Effect) 69 I. Introduction 69 II. Review of Experiments 71 III. The Quantum Property of Modulation Derived from a Correspondence Principle for Electromagnetic Interaction 86 IV. Coherence Effects 91 V. Peierls Dispersion in the Varshalovich–Dyakonov Correction to Explain the Relativistic Long Beating Wavelength 100 VI. A Comprehensive Scattering Model for Quantum Modulation 103 VII. Re-emission of Radiation from a Quantum-Modulated Beam 107 VIII. Concluding Remarks 122 References 124 Chapter 3. Device Developments for Optical Information Processing 129 I. Introduction 129 II. Light Sources 131 III. Light Control Devices 137 IV. Photodetectors 175 V. Summary 182 References 183 Chapter 4. Monte Carlo Methods and Microlithography Simulation for Electron and X-Ray Beams 189 I. Introduction 190 II. Monte Carlo Modeling of Electron Scattering 191 III. Monte Carlo Modeling of the Photo- and Auger Electron Production in X-Ray Lithography 211 IV. Resist Modeling 217 V. Applications to Pattern Analyses in Electron-Beam Lithography 222 VI. Applications to X-Ray Lithography 257 VII. Applications to Registration Mark Detection in Electron-Beam Lithography and Mask Inspection Technology 262 References 269 Chapter 5. Invariance in Pattern Recognition 275 I. Introduction 276 II. Computational Vision 278 III. Review of Basic Concepts 282 IV. Geometrical Invariance 289 V. Statistical Invariance 304 VI. Restoration 312 VII. Structural Methods 317 VIII. Conclusions 332 References 334 Index 337 Show more