The invention features methods and systems for detecting the presence of an energetic material in a sample in which the presence of the energetic material is unknown. On the basis of element types selected by a selection section as arbitrary element types to be used for constituting a manufacturing line, the manufacturing line information preparation section prepares information about the manufacturing line by means of acquiring information about element types stored in an element type database beforehand. The ability to compensate for temperature-induced dispersion drift reduces the distortion margin in optical link budgets, allowing optical links to have longer reach, or to achieve the same reach using fewer line amplifiers. Slurries thus formulated also achieve a reduction in defectivity and in the variations in planarity from wafer to wafer during manufacture, by improving the stability of polishing quality.