Thickness measurement of thin transparent plates with a broad-band wavelength scanning interferometer

Year: 2004

Authors: Maddaloni P., Coppola G., De Natale P., De Nicola S., Ferraro P., Gioffrè M., Iodice M.

Autors Affiliation: Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli (NA), Italy;
Istituto per la Microelettronica e i Microsistemi (IMM) del CNR, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131, Napoli, Italy;
Istituto di Cibernetica del CNR, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli (NA), Italy

Abstract: A novel broad-band telecom laser source is used to make a lateral-shear scanning-wavelength interferometer for measuring the thickness of thin plates. We show that the wide tunability range allows us to detect samples down to tens of microns with a relative uncertainty of less than 0.5%. A comparable accuracy in the thickness characterization of double-layer structures is also demonstrated. In turn, the wide tunability range needs the dispersion law of the materials to be taken into account in the model for correct thickness evaluation, although simultaneous measurement of dispersion and thickness are in principle possible with this technique.

Journal/Review: IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Volume: 16 (5)      Pages from: 1349  to: 1351

KeyWords: Dielectric materials; Dispersion (waves); Interferometers; Interferometry; Numerical methods; Reflection; Refractive index; Silica; Silicon; Thickness measurement, Broadband wavelength scanning interferometer; Thin transparent plates; Tunability, Fiber lasers
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.826150

Citations: 9
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