A white light spectral interferometry based on a Linnik type system was established to accurately measure the thin film thickness through transparent medium.In practical work,the equivalent thickness of a beam splitte...A white light spectral interferometry based on a Linnik type system was established to accurately measure the thin film thickness through transparent medium.In practical work,the equivalent thickness of a beam splitter and the mismatch of the objective lens introduce nonlinear phase errors.Adding a transparent medium also increases the equivalent thickness.The simulation results showthat the equivalent thickness has a significant effect on thin film thickness measurements.Therefore,it is necessary to perform wavelength correction to provide a constant equivalent thickness for beamsplitters.In the experiments,some pieces of cover glasses as the transparent medium were added to the measured beam and then a standard thin film thickness of 1052.2±0.9 nm was tested through the transparent medium.The results demonstrate that our system has a nanometer-level accuracy for thin film thickness measurement through transparent medium with optical path compensation.展开更多
基金the support of The National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2017YFF0107001)the 111 Project fund(Grant No.B07014)
文摘A white light spectral interferometry based on a Linnik type system was established to accurately measure the thin film thickness through transparent medium.In practical work,the equivalent thickness of a beam splitter and the mismatch of the objective lens introduce nonlinear phase errors.Adding a transparent medium also increases the equivalent thickness.The simulation results showthat the equivalent thickness has a significant effect on thin film thickness measurements.Therefore,it is necessary to perform wavelength correction to provide a constant equivalent thickness for beamsplitters.In the experiments,some pieces of cover glasses as the transparent medium were added to the measured beam and then a standard thin film thickness of 1052.2±0.9 nm was tested through the transparent medium.The results demonstrate that our system has a nanometer-level accuracy for thin film thickness measurement through transparent medium with optical path compensation.