Implementation of a fringe visibility based algorithm in coherence scanning interferometry for surface roughness measurement

P. C. Montgomery; F. Salzenstein; D. Montaner; B. Serio; P. Pfeiffer

doi:10.1117/12.2020560

13 May 2013 Implementation of a fringe visibility based algorithm in coherence scanning interferometry for surface roughness measurement

P. C. Montgomery, F. Salzenstein, D. Montaner, B. Serio, P. Pfeiffer

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Proceedings Volume 8788, Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection VIII; 87883G (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2020560
Event: SPIE Optical Metrology 2013, 2013, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Coherence scanning interferometry (CSI) is an optical profilometry technique that uses the scanning of white light interference fringes over the depth of the surface of a sample to measure the surface roughness. Many different types of algorithms have been proposed to determine the fringe envelope, such as peak fringe intensity detection, demodulation, centroid detection, FFT, wavelets and signal correlation. In this paper we present a very compact and efficient algorithm based on the measurement of the signal modulation using a second-order nonlinear filter derived from Teager-Kaiser methods and known as the five-sample adaptive (FSA) algorithm. We describe its implementation in a measuring system for static surface roughness measurement. Two envelope peak detection techniques are demonstrated. The first one, using second order spline fitting results in an axial sensitivity of 25 nm and is better adapted to rough samples. The second one, using local phase correction, gives nanometric axial sensitivity and is more appropriate for smooth samples. The choice of technique is important to minimize artifacts. Surface measurement results are given on a silicon wafer and a metallic contact on poly-Si and the results are compared with those from a commercial interferometer and AFM, demonstrating the robustness of the FSA algorithm.

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P. C. Montgomery, F. Salzenstein, D. Montaner, B. Serio, and P. Pfeiffer "Implementation of a fringe visibility based algorithm in coherence scanning interferometry for surface roughness measurement", Proc. SPIE 8788, Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection VIII, 87883G (13 May 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2020560

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