Step-Scan FT-IR Photoacoustic (S2 FT-IR PA) Spectral Depth Profiling of Layered Materials

  • Richard A. Palmer
  • Eric Y. Jiang
  • J. L. Chao
Part of the Mikrochimica Acta Supplement book series (MIKROCHIMICA, volume 14)

Abstract

We have demonstrated that step-scan FT-IR photoacoustic spectroscopy (S2 FT-IR PAS) has the advantages of easy extraction of signal phase and of constant probing depth applied to the entire spectrum range. High depth resolution and distinctive discrimination have been achieved by using PA phase information. The PA phase theory for multilayer materials elucidates the qualitative phase analysis rules established earlier with the experimental data and provides very useful instrument-independent phase-difference models. Quantitative determinations of thermal, optical, and geometric parameters of multilayer materials are made possible by applying the phase-difference models to the experimental data of S2 FT-IR PAS.

Key words

step-scan FT-IR photoacoustic spectroscopy depth profiling leyered materials 

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© Springer-Verlag Wien 1997

Authors and Affiliations

  • Richard A. Palmer
    • 1
  • Eric Y. Jiang
    • 1
  • J. L. Chao
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of ChemistryDuke UniversityDurhamUSA
  2. 2.IBM CorporationResearch Triangle ParkUSA

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