Deep microstructure topography characterization with optical vortex interferometer

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作者
Masajada, Jan [1 ]
Leniec, Monika [1 ]
Jankowska, Elzbieta [1 ]
Thienpont, Hugo [2 ]
Ottevaere, Heidi [2 ]
Gomez, Virginia [2 ]
机构
[1] Wroclaw Univ Technol, Inst Phys, PL-50370 Wroclaw, Poland
[2] Vrije Univ Brussels, Dept Appl Phys & Photon, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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10.1364/OE.16.019179
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report on a new method of inspecting deep microstructures manufactured in transparent media. Although their lateral dimension (tens of microns) do not exceed the diffraction limit for optical microscopy resolution, their deepness makes the nondestructive measurements practically impossible with presently available methods. We show that the optical vortex interferometer with a vortex generator can be used to differentiate between the samples of good and poor quality. The measurement system is simple and the interpretation of the results is straightforward. (C) 2008 Optical Society of America
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页码:19179 / 19191
页数:13
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