Our system is equipped with four different lasers at wavelength. Since metricon introduced its first prism coupling system in 1980, more than a thousand systems have been sold to top universities, research labs and companies in more than 40 countries. Privacy policy about cleanenergywiki disclaimers powered by mediawiki. Metricon corporation has pioneered the practical application of prism coupling technology to problems of thin film, bulk material, and optical waveguide. Metricon 2010 prism coupler 633nm 1550nm, ge detector 1998 1280 price. A prismfilm coupler has been discussed recently by tien, ulrich, and martin as a device to couple efficiently a laser beam into thinfilm dielectric light guides. The metricon model 2010m prism coupler bulk material index, thick film. Please for clear understanding see the fig 3b in attached file. The coupling efficiency of a gaussian beam from the prism. Efficient silicononinsulator fiber coupler fabricated using. A method is proposed to measure the thickness of the air layer between the prism and the waveguide in a totally re. Advantage of prism coupler spaseries propagation loss, refractive index, and thickness measurement of thin film, bulk material. Smit abstractthe efficiency and the selectivity of the prismcoupler for exciting single modes in narrow planar optical waveguides is investi. Optimizing the coupling of light via a prism to highq modes of a microsphere resonator using a nearfield probe l.
The flexure stage ensures the maintenance of good parallelism between sample and prism as the gap dimension is varied. These procedures apply to the metricon model 2010m prism coupler bulk material, thick film indexbirefringence thickness measurement system. A midinfrared prism coupler for bulk and thin film. The metricon model 2010m prism coupler utilizes advanced optical waveguiding techniques to rapidly and accurately measure both the thickness and the. The fundamentals and limitations of this method are. Use commercial refractometer metricon, 2010m prism coupler to determine refractive index. A rutile tio 2 crystal prism should be used if the index of refraction of the film is greater than 1.
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Wo2004110737a2 high rate deposition for the formation of high. High resolution measurement for both refractive index and thickness of thinfilm. Optical characterization of thin films can be easily and accurately performed through the use of a prism coupler, specifically the metricon model 2010 prism coupler figure 1. The 2010m offers unique advantages over conventional refractometers and instruments. Stainless steel hubs and other custom features are available by special order. Lab equipment metricon corp model 2010 prism coupler, sn 22291 manufactured jan 1997 this equipment. Smit abstractthe efficiency and the selectivity of the prism coupler for exciting single modes in narrow planar optical waveguides is investi gated both theoretically and experimentally. The prism coupler, known from experiments on integrated optics, can be used to determine the refractive index and the thickness of a lightguiding thin film.
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This system has been used for the observation and characterization of surface plasmon polaritons on thin film structures. Efficient silicononinsulator fiber coupler fabricated using 248nm deep uv lithography 1 abstractwe present a silicononinsulator waveguide to fiber coupler fabricated using 248nm deep uv lithography. The metricon model 2010 m prism coupler utilizes advanced optical waveguiding techniques to rapidly and accurately measure both the thickness and the refractive indexbirefringence of dielectric and polymer films as well as refractive index of bulk materials. Metricon 2010m prism coupler system bmi surplus, inc. Prism coupling method of light coupling in waveguides is a dominant method adopted by photonic device fabricators. The position of the microresonator in relation to the prism coupler can. Determining the refractive index and thickness of thin films from prism coupler measurements. Metricon model 2010 prism coupler, oem2p40cm laser, aerotech ps2230v the model 2010 prism coupler utilizes advanced optical waveguiding techniques to rapidly and accurately measure both the thickness. Osa measurement of thin film parameters with a prism coupler. Optimizing the coupling of light via a prism to highq. The manual is included this unit came from a working environment but we do not. This is one of three companion guides to graphpad prism 6.
This coupler also allows an accurate measurement of the spectrum of propagating modes from which the refractive index and the thickness of the film can be determined. It is necessary to understand the effect various parameters on light coupling in such processes. A method based on resonant excitation of waveguide modes with a. A method based on resonant excitation of waveguide modes with a prism coupler is. Prism coupler for thin film thickness and refractive index, bulk refractive index. All maintenance should follow the procedures set forth in the manufacturers maintenance and operations manuals. The prism faces are polished to 14wave flatness for the rutile prism adt6 and 18wave flatness for the ggg prism adg6. The construction and operation of a prismvariablegapsample system or variablegap otto coupler for the excitation of surface electromagnetic modes is reported.
The microactivity effi catalytic reactor with gas chromatographic system and mass. Osa theory of prismfilm coupler and thinfilm light guides. A midinfrared prism coupler for bulk and thin film optical analysis bruce e. The prism coupler is able to make its highly accurate measurements. We report the results of simulation showing light coupling in waveguides through prism coupling method. Our precision fiberoptic couplers are used to split or combine the light contained in optical fibers. The metricon prism coupler 2010 allows wafer measurements of refractive index and thickness of thin films layer stack. Includes 633hene laser, prism code 957, pc, vga monitor, seiko dpu414 thermal printer. The metricon prism coupler an applications overview lambda. Anheier, and hong amy qiao pacific northwest national laboratory, 902 battelle blvd. Omega couplings are designed to provide a mechanical connection between the rotating shafts of mechanical equipment, using a torsionally soft flexible element to accommodate inherent misalignment while transmitting the power and torque between the shafts.
The device is used for determination of refractive index of bulk materials, thin films and liquid materials in the refractive index range of 1. The initial alignment of prism and sample is performed under gravity and the. Sandoghdar2 1h u mb o ld tu niv ersa z b,i fu ph yka gn aop 10 7 2 ph ys icd ep art mn,f d lu v o fbu 5 067 9 1 r e b z. Parker quick coupling coupler, pf series, 1 body, 1111. Metricon model 2010m prism coupler bulk material, thick. Turn on looping for your embedded video so it will play over and over and over and over and over and you get the idea. It allows high accuracy measurements of many materials and substrates. An initial short section entitled basic theory of prism coupling lists representative articles on the theory of thin film waveguides and the prism coupling technique. The loss of the taper structure is around 1db while the coupling loss from a lensed fiber into a 590nm wide soi waveguide was measured to be. The problem is reduced to doing two least squares straight line fits through measured mode indices vs effective mode number. Read temperature compensated prism coupler for linbo3 optical waveguides, journal of optical communications on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips.
Metricon model 2010 prism coupler with aerotech oem2p40cm. In our experiments, we use a prism coupler which is the most flexible device, as it provides an ability for fine adjustment by convenient manipulation of the incident free beams. Edge roughness is to cause owing to manually cutting with razor blade. A method is proposed to measure the thickness of the air layer between the prism and the waveguide in a totally reflecting prism coupler. The metricon model 2010m prism coupler utilizes advanced optical waveguiding techniques to rapidly and accurately measure both the thickness and the refractive indexbirefringence of dielectric and polymer films as well as refractive index of bulk materials.
Refractive index and thin film thickness measurement metricon. Metricon model 2010m prism coupler bulk material, thick film. Be aware that all web orders may take up to 3 days to process if you need your order to ship more quickly email. Need a custom size or need to move the wiring slot to fit your build. It eliminates leak producing sideloads caused by the inherent outofsquareness of most cylin ders or misalignment at assem bly by providing side clearance float between its male and female parts. A midinfrared prism coupler for bulk and thin film optical. Metricon model 2010m prism coupler micro and nanotechnology. The technique relies on the use of a nearfield probe to map the modes of the resonator and to obtain. Nscale coupler conversion guide microtrains line co. Metricon 2010 single wavelength prism coupler thin film. A simple method of determining thin film parameters from mode indices measured using a prism coupler is described. Also, it allows one to control the qfactor of the wgm over several orders of. Efficient silicononinsulator fiber coupler fabricated.
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