Confocal Raman microscopy: how to correct depth profiles considering diffraction and refraction effects

GALLARDO, A., SPELLS, S. J., NAVARRO, R. and REINECKE, H. (2007). Confocal Raman microscopy: how to correct depth profiles considering diffraction and refraction effects. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38 (7), 880-884.

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Abstract

A new approach to obtain corrected depth profiles by confocal Raman microscopy, which considers diffraction and refraction effects is presented. The problem of diffraction effects encountered intrinsically in the confocal. configuration can be described using a linear Fredholm integral equation of the first kind, which correlates apparent and true Raman intensities with the depth resolution curve of the instrument. Refractive index differences between air and the polymer sample, which cause further errors in the obtained depth profile due to strong aberration effects have been considered. This has been carried out using an empirical variation of the depth resolution function, which is able to simulate the broadening of the depth of focus with depth and also the discrepancy between nominal and measured depth scales. It is shown that considerable differences between apparent and corrected depth profiles exist at the surface and that these depend on the gradient of the profile and the depth resolution of the Raman microscope. Copyright (C) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Item Type: Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Materials and Engineering Research Institute > Advanced Coatings and Composites Research Centre > Polymers, Composites and Spectroscopy Group
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1002/jrs.1736
Page Range: 880-884
Depositing User: Helen Garner
Date Deposited: 14 Apr 2010 09:53
Last Modified: 19 Mar 2021 00:46
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475

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