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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/KJOP.2016.27.4.143

Determining the Thickness of a Trilayer Thin-Film Structure by Fourier-Transform Analysis  

Cho, Hyun-Ju (Department of Firearms & Optics, Daeduk College)
Won, Jun-Yeon (Semisysco Co. Ltd.)
Jeong, Young-Gyu (Semisysco Co. Ltd.)
Woo, Bong-Ju (Semisysco Co. Ltd.)
Yoon, Jun-Ho (Department of Physics, Inha University)
Hwangbo, Chang-Kwon (Department of Physics, Inha University)
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Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics / v.27, no.4, 2016 , pp. 143-150 More about this Journal
Abstract
The thickness of each layer in a multilayered system is determined by a Fourier-transform method using spectroscopic reflectance measurements. To verify this method, we first generate theoretical reflectance spectra for three layers, and these are fast-Fourier-transformed using our own Matlab program. Each peak of the Fourier-transformed delta function denotes the optical thickness of each layer, and these are transformed to physical thicknesses. The relative thickness error of the theoretical model is less than 1.0% while a layer's optical thickness is greater than 730 nm. A PI-(thin $SiO_2$)-PImultilayeredstructure produced by the bar-coating method was analyzed, and the thickness errors compared to SEM measurements. Even though this Fourier-transform method requires knowing the film order and the refractive index of each layer prior to analysis, it is a fast and nondestructive method for the analysis of multilayered structures.
Keywords
Spectrophotometer; Thickness measurement; Multilayer thin film; Fourier transform; Polyimide film;
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