Scanning thermal microscopy - theory and applications

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Authors

KLAPETEK Petr OHLÍDAL Ivan BURŠÍK Jiří

Year of publication 2005
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Jemná mechanika a optika
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Faculty of Science

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Field Solid matter physics and magnetism
Keywords Scanning thermal microscopy
Description In this article the theoretical background and some results of the scanning thermal microscopy analysis of artifical structures such as microchip surfaces and solar cell contacts are presented. It is shown that at the absence of surface roughness the SThM can be used to obtain reliable material contrast images. However, roughness and other topographical features can influence the thermal data in a strong way. It is illustrated that this effect can be partially removed by using neural network approach for modelling the thermal signal using the topography data. The illustration of this approach is presented in the analysis of geometry of the examples selected in this article.
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