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Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Ellipsometry for Material Identification Michele Ortolani

Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Ellipsometry for Material Identification Michele Ortolani CNR – Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IFN) Rome, Italy Ulrich Schade Berlin Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BESSY), Berlin, Germany Heinz-Wilhelm H übers

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Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Ellipsometry for Material Identification Michele Ortolani

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  1. Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Ellipsometry for Material Identification Michele Ortolani CNR – Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IFN) Rome, Italy Ulrich Schade Berlin Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BESSY), Berlin, Germany Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin, Germany

  2. Optical constants of solids Ellipsometry basics Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTS or FT-IR) Far-infrared/Terahertz setup: detectors, sources The case of remote identification of explosives: transmission reflection ellipsometry Outline of the talk

  3. Optical constants of solids Photon energy (eV) • Equivalent formulations: • Dielectric constant e • Optical conductivity s 1.2 0.12 0.012 12 INDEX OF REFRACTION (COMPLEX) n Electronic excitations (electron-hole pairs) (Interband transitions) Dipolar Lattice Vibrations (optical phonons) (normal modes) k INFRARED ULTRAVIOLET Chemical element identification Chemical species identification

  4. Ellipsometry Material under analysis Fresnel formulae j Es 45° linearly Polarized |rs|Eseids Elliptically Polarized Ep |rp|Epeidp POLARIZER ANALYZER Broadband Source Spectrometer

  5. Aperture Blackbody, Synchrotron Sample Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Infrared spectrometer: Michelson Interferometer • Reflected and/or Transmitted Power spectra are measured as a function of the frequency w • Optical constants are derived by Kramers-Kronig analysis or by Ellipsometry Frequency range: 0.1 THz – 2 PHz Energy resolution: up to 0.01 THz Detector signal (a.u.) FFT d (cm)

  6. Material identification by Terahertz Spectroscopy • Far-Infrared spectra “Fingerprint” region: each solid substance has a specific spectrum, or frequency-dependent optical constants (like a spectrometer) • Terahertz frequencies Clothes, tissues, plastic, paper and atmosphere are partly transparent: remote identification is possible (like a radar) Applications: • Remote security controls • Explosive detection

  7. Sample pol pol Infrared Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Fresnel relations: trascendental Michelson: intrinsic beam polarization! Infrared ellipsometry requires calibration ! Normalized Stokes parameters calc with Mueller matrixes in the whole infrared range!

  8. Detector: Liquid Helium-cooled Bolometer 77K shield Filter wheel Infrared labs Inc. 4K stage THz beam 4K FET amplifier Winston cone (focusing) Heat sink Si-bolometer • Room-temperature detectors (Pyroelectrics, Golay cells) are also available, but noise figures are 103 times higher • Development of sensitive detectors working at higher temperatures is ongoing (e.g. closed-cycle cooled, liquid nitrogen). • CNR-IFN in Rome is developing superconducting bolometers for focal plane arrays.

  9. Source: Synchrotron BESSY in Berlin Start user operation: Circumference of the synchrotron: Circumference of the storage ring: Number of bending dipoles: Number of possible insertion devices: Number of beamlines commissioned: Commissioning of the IR-beamline IRIS: 1999 96 m 240 m 2 x 16 15 ~ 50 2002 It is the only storage ring producing steady-state Coherent Synchrotron Radiation => high power, pulsed source in the 0.1-1 THz range based on electron bunch acceleration

  10. The Infrared beamline at BESSY • Broadband spectrum (MMW to UV) • Point-like source (tight focus) • High brilliance (photon density at focus) Far-infrared Ellipsometry

  11. Normal Incidence Reflectance Transmittance Variable Angle Reflectance Ellipsometry Polarizer 0°, 45° and 90° Analyzer 45° s j j = 60° Brewster p s j = 8° p Optical setups for measuring the optical constants

  12. Normal Incidence Variable Angle s j p j = 8° Optical setups Home-made sample Harrick “Seagull”

  13. Transmission of pure pellets of explosives and Oxygen-reducing salts • Pure Material pellets • Thickness: 2.0 mm • Bulk Polyethilene sample holder, 15° wedged • High Transparency only below 1 THz • No strong material-specific features

  14. s j p Absolute Reflectivity of pure explosive pellets for different angles of incidence • Reference is a gold mirror • Rs~Rp for j~ 0, Rs>Rp anywhere else • Rpgoes to 0 at the Brewster angle (~60°) • The slope and the sharp features are material-specific and do not depend much on j

  15. j = 8° Optical constants of explosives: Absolute Reflectivity and Kramers-Kronig analysis KK Absolute reflectivity R is measured at quasi-normal incidence from 0.7 to 20 THz to correctly evaluate the integral. ř = Reif ň = n + i k • High signal intensity • Practical geometry • High output quality • Need a reference measurement on a mirror • Very sensitive to absolute value (acceptable: ±5%) • Need for a databank of high frequency extrapolations

  16. Polarizer 0°, 45° and 90° Analyzer 45° j = 60° Brewster s p Spectroscopic Ellipsometry: optical constants with no reference measurement Data harvest:close to Brewster angle Polarizer rotated instead of analyzer (equivalent) Calibration: a known, non-absorbing material at his Brewster angle, where the ellipse is most excentric • n, k or Y, Ddetermined from 3 sample spectra only (no mirror) • the incidence angle has to be large (>50°) and known (±0.5°) • High sensitivity to noise (trigonometric functions) • Low signal at low frequency (2 polarizers + 60° incidence)

  17. Result 1: NaClO3 (a salt)

  18. Result 2: Octogen(an explosive)

  19. Polarizer 0°, 45° and 90° Analyzer 45° j = 60° Brewster s p Absorption coefficient of explosives in the THz range Optical constantsdetermined by Far-infrared ellipsometry • No need for reference measurements to correct for the frequency-dependent incident power • Up to 4 THz, no role of surface roughness(common-use objects are “shiny”)

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