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kSA ICE

Employ multiple k-Space technologies to measure thin-film temperature, reflectivity, thickness, growth rate, stress, and curvature…

The kSA Integrated Control for Epitaxy (kSA ICE) is an optically based modular in situ metrology tool designed for today’s MOCVD and MBE reactors. The kSA ICE combines established k-Space technologies of the kSA MOS, kSA RateRat Pro, and an Emissivity Corrected Pyrometry (ECPR) module into a single, compact metrology tool. Select the modules for your kSA ICE based on your specific measurement needs — temperature, reflectivity, growth rate, film thickness, substrate curvature, and film stress.

Knowledge Base Articles

Data Acquisition and Analysis

Analyzing Single-Layer Reflectivity Data

Checking the Background Intensity of the Laser Spot Array

Setting up Acquisition Delays

System and Software Configuration

Acceptable Bend Radii for Optical Fibers

Calibrating kSA ICE ECP Using the kSA SpectraTemp

kSA TCP/IP Communication Capabilities

Replacing a kSA ICE Laser

Saving kSA Software Application Settings

Using IDL to Customize kSA Software Applications

Viewing Chamber Activity in Real-Time

Applicable to Multiple k-Space Products

Assigning Specific Settings to a kSA Application Shortcut

Copying and Pasting Data From k-Space Software Applications

Data and Image Filters

Exporting Data From kSA Software Applications

k-Space Data Types and File Formats

k-Space Metrology Tools Referenced in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Sentinel Key Information

Specifying the File Name for Acquired Data

kSA ICE Videos

Visit the k-Space Knowledge Base Video Library to view the following kSA ICE videos.

      • Hardware Overview and Setup (5 videos)
      • Configuring the Rotation Monitor
      • Using Markers During Multi-Wafer Data Acquisition
      • Setting the Zero Point for the Home Pulse Signal
      • Acquiring a Sapphire Reference Spectrum in Multi-Wafer Mode

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