• DocumentCode
    874183
  • Title

    Potential of acoustic imaging in the detection of nanometer gaps

  • Author

    Tohmyoh, Hironori ; Saka, Masumi ; Hirayama, Hayato

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Nanomechanics, Tohoku Univ., Sendai
  • Volume
    53
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    12/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2481
  • Lastpage
    2483
  • Abstract
    The potential of the water-immersion and dry-contact acoustic imaging techniques for detecting nanometer gaps embedded in silicon is studied. The sensitivity for detecting gaps of over 10 nm in height is governed only by the lateral resolution of the imaging and is independent of the height of the gap
  • Keywords
    acoustic microscopy; nanotechnology; silicon; ultrasonic imaging; ultrasonic materials testing; Si; dry-contact acoustic imaging; lateral imaging resolution; nanometer gap detection; silicon; water-immersion acoustic imaging; Acoustic imaging; Acoustic signal detection; Bonding; Image resolution; Polymers; Resonance; Silicon; Solids; Ultrasonic imaging; Underwater acoustics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-3010
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TUFFC.2006.196
  • Filename
    4037284