Diffraction-induced coherence levels
Applied Optics, Vol. 44, Issue 11, pp. 2202-2212 (2005)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.44.002202
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Abstract
We examined the influence of complex diffraction effects on low-coherence fringes created for high-aspect depth-to-width ratio structures called trenches. The coherence function was analyzed for these micrometer-wide trenches and was registered with a white-light interference microscope. For some types of surface structure we observed that additional low-coherence fringes that do not correspond directly to the surface topology are formed near the sharp edges of the structures. These additional coherence fringes were studied by rigorous numerical evaluations of vector diffractions, and these simulated interference fields were then compared with experimental results that were obtained with a white-light interference microscope.
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OCIS Codes
(030.1670) Coherence and statistical optics : Coherent optical effects
(110.4980) Imaging systems : Partial coherence in imaging
(120.2650) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Fringe analysis
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(180.3170) Microscopy : Interference microscopy
Citation
Alexander Tavrov, Joanna Schmit, Norbert Kerwien, Wolfgang Osten, and Hans Tiziani, "Diffraction-induced coherence levels," Appl. Opt. 44, 2202-2212 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-44-11-2202
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