Compressed Learning for Nanosurface Deficiency Recognition Using Angle-resolved Scatterometry Data

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Main Authors: Abdollahpour, Mehdi, Bockelmann, Carsten, Rahman, Tajim Md Hasibur, Dekorsy, Armin, Fischer, Andreas
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author Abdollahpour, Mehdi
Bockelmann, Carsten
Rahman, Tajim Md Hasibur
Dekorsy, Armin
Fischer, Andreas
author_facet Abdollahpour, Mehdi
Bockelmann, Carsten
Rahman, Tajim Md Hasibur
Dekorsy, Armin
Fischer, Andreas
contents Nanoscale manufacturing requires high-precision surface inspection to guarantee the quality of the produced nanostructures. For production environments, angle-resolved scatterometry offers a non- invasive and in-line compatible alternative to traditional surface inspection methods, such as scanning electron microscopy. However, angle-resolved scatterometry currently suffers from long data acquisition time. Our study addresses the issue of slow data acquisition by proposing a compressed learning framework for the accurate recognition of nanosurface deficiencies using angle-resolved scatterometry data. The framework uses the particle swarm optimization algorithm with a sampling scheme customized for scattering patterns. This combination allows the identification of optimal sampling points in scatterometry data that maximize the detection accuracy of five different levels of deficiency in ZnO nanosurfaces. The proposed method significantly reduces the amount of sampled data while maintaining a high accuracy in deficiency detection, even in noisy environments. Notably, by sampling only 1% of the data, the method achieves an accuracy of over 86%, which further improves to 94% when the sampling rate is increased to 6%. These results demonstrate a favorable balance between data reduction and classification performance. The obtained results also show that the compressed learning framework effectively identifies critical sampling areas.
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spellingShingle Compressed Learning for Nanosurface Deficiency Recognition Using Angle-resolved Scatterometry Data
Abdollahpour, Mehdi
Bockelmann, Carsten
Rahman, Tajim Md Hasibur
Dekorsy, Armin
Fischer, Andreas
Signal Processing
Image and Video Processing
Nanoscale manufacturing requires high-precision surface inspection to guarantee the quality of the produced nanostructures. For production environments, angle-resolved scatterometry offers a non- invasive and in-line compatible alternative to traditional surface inspection methods, such as scanning electron microscopy. However, angle-resolved scatterometry currently suffers from long data acquisition time. Our study addresses the issue of slow data acquisition by proposing a compressed learning framework for the accurate recognition of nanosurface deficiencies using angle-resolved scatterometry data. The framework uses the particle swarm optimization algorithm with a sampling scheme customized for scattering patterns. This combination allows the identification of optimal sampling points in scatterometry data that maximize the detection accuracy of five different levels of deficiency in ZnO nanosurfaces. The proposed method significantly reduces the amount of sampled data while maintaining a high accuracy in deficiency detection, even in noisy environments. Notably, by sampling only 1% of the data, the method achieves an accuracy of over 86%, which further improves to 94% when the sampling rate is increased to 6%. These results demonstrate a favorable balance between data reduction and classification performance. The obtained results also show that the compressed learning framework effectively identifies critical sampling areas.
title Compressed Learning for Nanosurface Deficiency Recognition Using Angle-resolved Scatterometry Data
topic Signal Processing
Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17873