• DocumentCode
    2908590
  • Title

    Improved pohotoacoustic microscope for the evaluation of metal thin film [pohotoacoustic read photoacoustic]

  • Author

    Minamide, Akiyuki ; Tokunaga, Yoshiaki

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Kanazawa Tech. Coll., Japan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    5-8 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    2053
  • Abstract
    The improvement of the photoacoustic microscope for the metal thin film evaluation was described. When a conventional method was used in the photoacoustic microscope, the photoacoustic signal generated from a metal thin film was very weak. To solve this problem, this paper proposed the improved method of using the surface plasmon. In the silver thin film, the improved method was about 20 times more effective than in conventional methods for observing PA signals.
  • Keywords
    acoustic microscopes; acoustic signal processing; metallic thin films; photoacoustic effect; surface plasmons; ultrasonic materials testing; PA signals; metal thin film; photoacoustic microscope; photoacoustic signal; silver thin film; surface plasmon; Microscopy; Optical materials; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma transport processes; Plasma waves; Plasmons; Silver; Surface waves; Transistors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Ultrasonics, 2003 IEEE Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7922-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ULTSYM.2003.1293322
  • Filename
    1293322