Faculty Mentor

Sanichiro Yoshida

Location

Memorial Gym

Start Date

20-4-2012 2:30 PM

End Date

20-4-2012 3:30 PM

Description

A Michelson Interferometer is used to evaluate the adhesion strength of thin-film systems. The specimens (gold-coated silicon wafers) are configured as the end mirrors and are driven from rear with an acoustic transducer so that the specimens oscillate parallel to optical axis at moderate frequencies. The resulting film surface displacement is detected as a fringe shift of the interference intensity pattern behind the beam splitter with a digital imaging system. The difference in adhesion strength between two types of specimens is successfully visualized as the difference in the fringe contrast. Fourier analysis on the fringe pattern quantifies the fringe contrast.

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Apr 20th, 2:30 PM Apr 20th, 3:30 PM

Characterization of Thin-Film Adhesion with Michelson Interferometer

Memorial Gym

A Michelson Interferometer is used to evaluate the adhesion strength of thin-film systems. The specimens (gold-coated silicon wafers) are configured as the end mirrors and are driven from rear with an acoustic transducer so that the specimens oscillate parallel to optical axis at moderate frequencies. The resulting film surface displacement is detected as a fringe shift of the interference intensity pattern behind the beam splitter with a digital imaging system. The difference in adhesion strength between two types of specimens is successfully visualized as the difference in the fringe contrast. Fourier analysis on the fringe pattern quantifies the fringe contrast.